True true, the moment they realize rules actually do apply to them would be a bit unsettling I’m sure.

I suppose “cracking down on corruption” is a scary phrase for some of these people too.

It’s interesting how the heading includes “potentially dangerous” but the article never follows up on that bit. I guess any story about China just has to sound scary.

Seems like a good time to quit NATO.

The USA having a list of “state sponsors of terrorism” is a sick joke.

Those are some sweet podcasts.

I think you’re right… it’s the same thinking that leads to thinking hobbies should become “side hustles” once you get reasonably good at something.

And sure, if you like making cute dingbats and selling them to people, go for it. We could all use a little extra cash anyway. But at the same time, don’t think it any less valid to spend time absolutely not participating in commerce. If your hobby is sitting on a park bench and watching squirrels run around, you’re not less than the dingbat seller.

I read “hard questions” here as “questions we won’t like the answers to”, which is kinda funny if that’s how they mean it, because in that case they know they won’t like the answer (probably because it’s staring them in the face) so they just avoid asking the question, and shout “Russian propaganda!” at anyone who does.

And this little dynamic is coincidentally an answer to the main question the article is posing, already baked into itself.