The 80’s was 40 years ago; if it conveniently started like five or ten years ago you’d have a point, but 40 years is a gigantic period of time to have no wars. How long of a period do you require? 100?
The reason we can criticize our own leadership is because we never stopped; we can’t seriously claim we’re not making the mistakes of the past while continuing to do them non-stop up to the present day. Even if the person who made the pic included China’s Vietnam war era, the picture would still be a damning indictment for that gigantic gap of no wars.
True! I think the overall point made by the OP meme remains valid, even with the invasion of vietnam. In the US at least, we have a huge problem that most people know absolutely nothing about Chinese history (the average hexbear knows way more). For that reason, I think broadening discussion of chinese history is almost always a good thing to do. I’m still largely ignorant, too so it’s a good way for me to learn. It’s also a good way to hone agitprop and be prepared for retorts
Starting it in the 1970s would show one war at the beginning for the Chinese heads of state and then nothing. In a way that would be more of a contrast, because it wouldn’t just look like a different category where “they just don’t have wars there”.
The 80’s was 40 years ago; if it conveniently started like five or ten years ago you’d have a point, but 40 years is a gigantic period of time to have no wars. How long of a period do you require? 100?
The reason we can criticize our own leadership is because we never stopped; we can’t seriously claim we’re not making the mistakes of the past while continuing to do them non-stop up to the present day. Even if the person who made the pic included China’s Vietnam war era, the picture would still be a damning indictment for that gigantic gap of no wars.
True! I think the overall point made by the OP meme remains valid, even with the invasion of vietnam. In the US at least, we have a huge problem that most people know absolutely nothing about Chinese history (the average hexbear knows way more). For that reason, I think broadening discussion of chinese history is almost always a good thing to do. I’m still largely ignorant, too so it’s a good way for me to learn. It’s also a good way to hone agitprop and be prepared for retorts
Starting it in the 1970s would show one war at the beginning for the Chinese heads of state and then nothing. In a way that would be more of a contrast, because it wouldn’t just look like a different category where “they just don’t have wars there”.