The original “diagnosis” of Stockholm syndrome was literally just a random psychiatrist, who didn’t ever meet any of the involved persons, explaining the hostages’ behavior as, and I quote: “brainwashing”. Then the media run with it and the rest is history. https://www.nzz.ch/english/how-the-myth-of-stockholm-syndrome-came-from-a-media-driven-hostage-spectacle-ld.1752897

It’s actually a very important point that many western observers of China don’t get: what is called “private company” in the west and in China are not, in fact, the same thing. For one, private companies outside China don’t have mandatory communist cells embedded in them.

That then leads people to see some statistics like share of “private” companies in chinese economy and conclude they’re doing capitalism like the good old Europe.

Oh no, China is building a wind farm near this impoverished village in Laos! The horror!

Yeah, Von Der Leyer or Baerbock (now the president of UN General Assembly) would be a much better pick.

Also an honorable mention is deserved for Kaja Kallas representing the Baltics.

Capitalists were hiring goons to protect their private property, and at some point they realized they could get the state to subsidize that expense and sell it as “public safety”.