As they get mogged by China harder and harder, it's hilarious to watch Silicon Valley libs get hysterical upon realizing that the real reason for US tech supremacy was US imperialism - not merit.
They were not more "intelligent" or "better at shipping" or had the "best brians in the world" or any such nonsense - they were just more evil and hegemonic. That was their real moat. All else was derivative and followed downstream.
And now with China's rise, that moat is drying up. And they cannot defend themselves, they have no option but to watch helplessly as China defeats and conquers them. The copium is a beautiful sight to behold.
大部分人出生在美国是世界老大的环境里,脑子里有思维钢印,膝盖里有润滑油。还在那煞有其事的讨论这些人是不是被迫的,波斯好歹也是个几千年的民族国家,外敌入侵生死存亡之际���不能有点有血性的人?这些人的关注点难道不应该是美国为什么要侵略他国并威胁轰炸电厂桥梁?
西方媒体的默认叙事框架是"伊朗政权 vs 伊朗人民"——所以看到民众保护电厂,第一反应是"被政府强迫的人��盾牌"。这个框架预设了伊朗人不可能自发保卫自己的国家,因为在这个叙事里,伊朗人"应该"想推翻政权、拥抱"解放"。川普自己也是这个逻辑——开战第一天就喊"Iranian patriots, help is on the way",结果等了五周也没等到大规模起义。
但现实是,外敌入侵和对本国政府不满完全可以并存。你可以不喜欢伊朗政权,但当炸弹落在你家旁边的电厂和桥梁上时,保卫家园是人的本能反应,这跟爱不爱政府无关。波斯文明延续了几千年,经历过亚历山大、阿拉伯征服、蒙古入侵,民族认同感不是一个外国总统在社交媒体上喊几句就能瓦解的。