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  • RedPandaRaider@feddit.orgEnglish
    1641·
    11 hours ago

    My thoughts about the military purges is that they’re a part of the fight against corruption.

    With Xi being in his 70s it makes sense for him to also purge corruption from the army if he wants to avoid the state from falling into corrupt hands again like they have during Xiaoping’s rule and his successors.

    It’s ridiculous that I’m downvoted by brigadiers for sharing a sensible explanation.

    • rickrolled767@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I might get down voted too but I think i follow what you’re talking about

      I had to look up a source again but I remember reading that they were having major equipment issues like rockets getting fueled with water and stuff like that.

      If that is the case, then something like this doesn’t sound that surprising

      Found my source

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        China has corruption for sure. That in no way means only the most corrupt people get jailed for corruption. Misusing power is the nature of it.

        I think, most likely, everyone in the picture has done a bit of corruption, including Xi, because that’s just life there. If not, jailing people for things they didn’t do in a show trial has a time-honoured history.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      143·
      24 hours ago

      to avoid the state from falling into corrupt hands

      That’s decades too late

      • RedPandaRaider@feddit.orgEnglish
        527·
        1 day ago

        That is what corruption is. He grew out of the princelings and has to tactically fight them so he isn’t overthrown himself.

        • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          26·
          1 day ago

          I guess the 8 generals who are missing just went on a holiday together then?

          Xi is not a stand-up dude trying to right all that’s wrong in China.

          • RedPandaRaider@feddit.orgEnglish
            921·
            1 day ago

            I’m not claiming that Xi is some hero.

            But how do you know it’s not an anti-corruption sweep? Corrupt leaders deserve to be disappeared forever. Just like it should also happen to billionaires.

            You can doubt the motives, but not the action.

            • hydrospanner@lemmy.worldEnglish
              13·
              19 hours ago

              I mean, that’s a pretty hard shift in the defense of your assertion.

              You lead off strong with “I think it’s XYZ”, with no support, then when that’s challenged, you’re restating it in the framework of “you need to prove it’s not XYZ”.

              Might as well have said the purge is because these guys liked raspberry donuts and Xi hates that flavor. Good luck proving that negative.

            • Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
              5·
              1 day ago

              I’m not familiar with the matter, but from the little i’ve learned of the article, it seems the general have just disappeared, right?

              If it was corruption matters, that would be official, as it would be a good reason for a trial.

              • RedPandaRaider@feddit.orgEnglish
                14·
                11 hours ago

                It’s common for people to be disappeared or disappear for a time for re-education. That’s what happened to Jack Ma when he stepped out of line.