The man behind Xi's moves wrote a book many years ago about America, and it's selling for as much as $2,500 because so many Chinese want to know what the hell is going on over here.
On the liberalizing of China and what liberalism means in the real world
The West and China have a common enemy - modernity with all its malaise and misery - and the CCP may have the will do defeat it.
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Manipulators often have a high IQ; they're on average smarter than 84% of the population.
So manipulators can sinply outwit their victims. If 16% of the population can tell at a glance they're a fraud but 84% can't, they'll still be in business for awhile.
Protect yourself!
Manipulators say, "Society says ..." followed by something society never says.
This embitters you towards a social Straw Man.
Then you're ready for ideological seizure when the manipulator says, "... so to reject those broken standards, believe what I say and buy my stuff!"
"Their tribe is full of bad people. My tribe is full of good people. So think, speak, eat, and f-ck like me."
This manipulative positioning works better than most.