Yeah because that’s sooooo easy

So why aren’t you more bothered by the worse actor that’s been the hegomonic superpower for the past 80ish years?

I think lifting that many people out of extreme poverty in that short of time is admirable, and speaks to how recent the rise has been. The fact you’re saying “but they don’t have as good of worker amenities like paid time off of Europe that wasn’t at nearly such a disadvantage” is a wild standard.

How about this metric?

Even in your one cherry picked metric it’s still beating the US. Incredible.

You forgot, you have to ignore all the good things China does, highlight all the bad (especially if it’s western fear mongering bullshit), and when you highlight how contextually the US is almost always worse for X reason, remember to “oppose both” when you seem to have way more smoke for the other. This is because “tankies bad” and don’t think about it harder obviously. /s

They’re vassals to the empire. He wouldn’t be safe there anyway

I see that templeOS just off screen. Nice.

Stalin is a flawed figure, but goddamn did he kill some Nazis

Key word here is partially.

Was it a factor? Absolutely.

Was it the main consideration? Could be, but that’s far less certain.