• bearboiblake@pawb.social
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    9 hours ago

    Fun fact, the term “paper tiger” comes from the Chinese term zhǐlǎohǔ. The term was popularized by Mao Zedong, who used the term to describe the imperial powers.

    Say what you want about the excesses of the cultural revolution, but Mao truly had some bangers. He also said that “women hold up half the sky”, and that “it is right to rebel”.

    I’m sure if he saw a US president calling his own military alliance a paper tiger, he’d get a real kick out of it.

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      4 hours ago

      The issue with Mao like all communist overlords is that their ideology is what comes first, not the facts and well-being of people living under it.