Considering how stereotypical Liu Cixin's on-the-ground social views (rather than the human-condition social views) were, I think it's just his reflection of mainstream cultural directions China is going through. And I'd say gender fluid men is much more mainstream than in the west.
These are some empty hopes! It's beyond the obvious that America's leadership in defense, science, and technology is doomed. Only Trump was crazy enough to recognize the fact that China's America's biggest rival, and that Democrat's obsession with Russia is taking us nowhere.
I was an atheist for a long time. I never could see how one could construct a coherent morality. Without a god, we are all just bits of matter assembled in a particular way. Smashing the competitions skull is no different that two space rocks colliding. The concepts of right and wrong are devoid of meaning.
Every argument for a godless morality I have seen essentially boils down to "well, it would suck to live in a world where everybody acted like _that_," (so what?), which I even less compelling than "don't do _that_ because god said so."
I can't help but wonder if this is the point where the unstoppable juggernaut that China seems to be has hit it first stumbling block.
Not only specifically about effeminate men obviously, but it seems to be regressing back to a tighter control of live and business.
In their mind they probably want to reign in the power of businesses and media to bring the ultimate power of life and culture back to the
But just when Chinese cloud providers and services were maybe viable to use, this and similar moves will probably scare Western businesses away. I know it would scare me away.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 35.3 ms ] threadEvery argument for a godless morality I have seen essentially boils down to "well, it would suck to live in a world where everybody acted like _that_," (so what?), which I even less compelling than "don't do _that_ because god said so."
Not only specifically about effeminate men obviously, but it seems to be regressing back to a tighter control of live and business.
In their mind they probably want to reign in the power of businesses and media to bring the ultimate power of life and culture back to the
But just when Chinese cloud providers and services were maybe viable to use, this and similar moves will probably scare Western businesses away. I know it would scare me away.