> Wow. This entire thread seems to be written by Chinese agents, looking to, on the surface, minimize the threat against the West by China.

Please omit this sort of low-quality, evidenceless* insinuation from your posts to HN. The site guidelines specifically ask: "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you or anyone want to know why we have this rule, many years of explanation can be found via https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme....

* An opposing view does not count as evidence. This community is large and has a ton of people who come by their opposing views perfectly honestly, as I'm sure do you. Insinuating otherwise is hands-down the laziest internet trope there is, and by far the one that most corrupts discussion quality. You can make your substantive points without that, so please do.

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Edit: actually, since you stooped to outright slurs elsewhere in the thread, I've banned the account. More at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32904793.