European values are showing again.

I'd like to know more about their methodology as well. Especially given that there was a report back in 2022 showing that average Chinese has become more wealthy than the average European https://www.businessinsider.com/typical-chinese-adult-now-richer-than-europeans-wealth-report-finds-2022-9

I'm guessing there's a lot of variation in how the wealth is calculated. It would also be interesting to know if these kinds of reports account for things like social services and infrastructure. For example, when people have free healthcare, and good public transit then their expenses are much lower than in places where they don't.

Realization they're not in charge is likely the main driver I would imagine.

Haven't tried piper myself, is there a link handy? :)

exactly right

Yeah I agree with that. liberalism provided an ideological framework that justified capitalist revolutions that overthrew monarchies and replaced them with dictatorships of capital. I agree that all these ideas are ultimately intertwined.

I'd go further and argue that liberal ideology is a direct product of idealist thought.

as most entitled people are

Money is just a social contract though. What they can't take with them are the means of production. Stuff like factories that they used to own will stay in China. What people in the west don't seem to understand is that the economy is fundamentally about allocation of labor and resources towards meeting the needs of the people. Money of itself has no inherent meaning, that's why the government can just issue as much currency as it needs.

Many of the billionaires are complicit with members of the party, obviously, sharing the money with those in power in order to do what they please.

If that was the case in practice then they wouldn't be fleeing China to go to places like US where they can do as they please.

It’s actually difficult to bring their money with them due to strict transfer limits. China has strict capital controls.

The article doesn’t mention it, but it’s also difficult to bring their money with them due to strict transfer limits. China is shedding its parasite class, and the leeches are migrating to their natural environment.

oh yeah I see the other one