There's this pernicious persistent belief by China dove and hawk alike that amounts to attributing a lack of seriousness or blindness to CCP behavior. Almost as if the CCP is joking or just needs someone with persuasive abilities to convince the CCP of the error of their ways 1/n
And then they will return to the correct path of enlightenment. That belief is wrong. The CCP had made quite clear what it's beliefs are and what we are seeing, to their credit, is a faithful execution of their belief system or world view. It is you who is attributing to the 2/n
That which is not true and which they do not really even claim. We should not ascribe to the CCP blindness or poor public relations if they have stated it as their intent. The fault lies with us for not ascribing truth to facts but our own desires or beliefs to their actions.
