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Deze analyse plaatst uw oorspronkelijke vraag naar 'bewijsmateriaal' in een geopolitieke context.
Een fragmentje:
"...This is the crucial link between Russophobia and Sinophobia: neither is truly about Russia or China as they exist, but about the West’s reaction to a world in which it can no longer dictate terms unchallenged. This explains the almost theological certainty with which these fears are held.
The assumption that Russia and China must be threats precedes any specific evidence or policy decision; all new developments are then interpreted through this pre-existing framework. If Russia strengthens its military, it is preparing for war; if China builds infrastructure abroad, it is economic imperialism. The absence of hostile intent is never considered a possibility.
These cognitive distortions are not incidental but systemic, embedded in the media landscape, security apparatus, and political institutions that shape policy. The Western information environment has become a hall of mirrors, where narratives are self-reinforcing and deviations from orthodoxy are met with suspicion or outright suppression. This is not to say that Russia and China are beyond criticism or that their governments are without fault, but that
the inability to perceive them in anything other than adversarial terms has created a situation where conflict becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy...."
https://johnmenadue.com/russophobia-...sm-and-denial/
Russophobia and Sinophobia: projection, narcissism and denial
By Kari McKern
Mar 7, 2025
De vraag die u stelt is als het voorhouden van een antidote tegen zelfdestructief zelfbedrog.