Lol. Twitter midwit vibes with this one
1. Chinese people aren’t robots that act on the command of the CCP. 😂
2. The amount of Chinese arriving through the southern border is estimated around ~24,000 in 2023, an unprecedented number for this route but by no means an “Army”
3. The purpose of coming the US, through the southern border no less, is to GET AWAY from the CCP.
4. Having the means to afford the trip via the southern route denotes a) having a passport and b) having the money - two fairly strong prosocial economic indicators in China.
5. Finally, if we’re being zero sum jingoists, this trend seems to suggest DIRE conditions in the Chinese economy, that perhaps Americans can take solace in for purely nationalistic reasons. That accountants and guys with degrees in physics and civil engineering would rather be a dishwasher in Phoenix Chinatown than be in China AT ALL tells you something BIG.