Thanks for the insights, it’s good to hear Chinese tech is making life better in Brazil and people are noticing. Makes sense that the US becoming increasingly unhinged makes people realize that maybe it’s not the country to hitch your wagon to going forward.

The perception of China being capitalist is the really difficult to combat unfortunately. My view is that it’s not really a point that’s worth investing a lot of energy into debating. There are two things I like to point out to people in that regard. First, regardless of what system China might have domestically, it’s clear that it plays a positive role in the world, and it does not try to impose its system on others. Second is that clearly China is doing something right in terms of improving the material conditions for its people, that should be studied and then aspects of the system that make sense should be adapted to local conditions. The reality is that whatever form socialism takes in a particular country will necessarily be rooted in its history, culture, and the existing material conditions. China shouldn’t be looked at a model to be franchised, but rather as a real world example to be studied.