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China is honestly light years ahead of the US. I live in one of the most expensive cities in the US and am here on vacation for a month traveling through China and it is insane how far ahead of us they are. From the high speed rail system that I have been using to go from city to city, the absolute cleanliness everywhere, no crime, no worry about getting pick pocketed/mugged, nice friendly people, no homelessness, no tent cities, affordable/cheap prices for food and basic necessities. Every little town I pass I the high speed line had massive construction going on from high density apartments to infrastructure. Honestly the only complaints I have is that the entire country is hot as balls right now and the food situation is a bit rough as a person who's both vegan and a somewhat picky eater, they only seem to have mainly Chinese food everywhere and as good as it is I need some variety in my diet and it is hard finding all vegan places as well.

I honestly I have now come to realize that the reason we are so strongly propagandized against China in the US is that it would break the average Americans brain if you saw how well they are living here compared to the absolute under-devoloped shit we put up with in the US.

Ask me any questions you have and I can also post pics if interested!

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[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago

I honestly I have now come to realize that the reason we are so strongly propagandized against China in the US is that it would break the average Americans brain if you saw how well they are living here compared to the absolute under-devoloped shit we put up with in the US

They were doing it when China didn't have flushable toilets in their plumbing systems what are you saying

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 51 points 4 months ago

Well sure, but even up until like 2012, China wasn't as demonized as it is in the media as it is now. They've ramped up propaganda in a very significant way in the last 10 years.

[-] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 36 points 4 months ago
[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago

Right, but notice how much worse it's got. There's been a big push to do anti-China propaganda recently that has increased this perception significantly.

[-] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

yeah there was another article about a propaganda push in around 2017

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

This might be true, but Pew is basically an arm of US state propaganda.

[-] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago

Also, Phone trends.

Like who is going to answer a phone call about your opinion of China unless you’re a lonely Fox News pilled boomer?

And then it goes to “online trends” which is what, a pop up ad?

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