Saw someone claim Xi’s net worth is like 1.2 billion dollars. No one idea where they got this, but i seriously doubt it’s true

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    It’s the super old western propaganda method claiming that socialist leaders actually own things they use because of their office, or that they are some kind of idealised divine pharaohs with entire state being their property. Numbers are usually entirely asspulled. It’s aimed at clueless westolefto in order to make them hate AES states and arrive at the desired safety valve position of “Neither Washington nor (insert relevant AES state), but Washington”.

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      “Neither Washington nor (insert relevant AES state), but Washington”

      I really like what you added on the end there, I may have to borrow this.

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        This kind of westolefto centrism “both sides bad” nearly always inevitably arrive at the conclusion that western imperialism and their puppets are lesser evil.