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[–]Hemlock 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Would be interesting to pull out all those Chinese billionaires too and then re-calibrate the list. I see folks like Jack Ma on there and wonder how much of that wealth is really "theirs" and how much are they just essentially gangster-sanctioned oligarchs who might disappear or "retire" one day.

Same with the Russians. Get a real idea of how much influence they have specifically in the western globohomo establishment.

It's worth noting too that these are just billionaires, it's just general wealth and they're already 100x over-represented (remember that globally they are only like 0.2% of the global population. If you dig into specific industries it has to be astronomical over-representation.

[–]AFutureConcern[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Would be interesting to pull out all those Chinese billionaires too and then re-calibrate the list. I see folks like Jack Ma on there and wonder how much of that wealth is really "theirs" and how much are they just essentially gangster-sanctioned oligarchs who might disappear or "retire" one day.

It would be interesting, but I think unfair - that power is there, whether in the hands of the CCP or in the hands of Chinese billionaires - and we should not underestimate the power of China on the world stage.

[–]Pink 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

China matters but not when it comes to Western domestic policy. So we should count domestic billionaires as well. If I have time I might just boil down the list you made later.

[–]AFutureConcern[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The number of Chinese workers in big tech corporations, and the number of Chinese spies working in the US government mean that the amount of influence China has on Western domestic policy is non-negligible. You're right that it's proportionally a lot smaller, though.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Don't underestimate China. They wrote that "art of war," they won't want open conflict if they can avoid it. It is extremely valuable to have your target underestimate or ignore you, that's why predators in nature consistently use camouflage.

[–]Fitter_HappierWhite Nationalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, but we can see them. "Fellow Whites" are the most insidious. They are "tactically White".