But lemmy libs say china is the "authoritarian" one 😁 : memes

[-] Marasenna@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 2 days ago

Looking forward to coming back in a bit and reading some of the lib-outs in the comment section.

[-] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

Watering my libs

[-] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 days ago

There's already one.

[-] Marasenna@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 days ago

lol

That sure didn't take long.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

i sometimes wonder if i sounded like them before i discovered lemmy.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I hope the penalties for cop corruption in China are the same as the ones for politicians.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 days ago

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

inb4 but muh bourne supremacy

[-] geoff@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago

Any informed opinions on whether Chinese people are in general more or less racist than Americans?

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

🤷 There’s no universal, coherent definition for racism, and if there were, we’d still have to run two very large, expensive research/polling projects. Also these are extremely large populations (on extremely large territories), neither of which is monolithic. Also, how racist a people are doesn’t necessarily align with how racist a state is. In an online forum, it’s the kind of question that mostly just exposes some people’s existing prejudices.

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[+] Cruel@programming.dev -11 points 2 days ago

Lol, another "China good, America bad" post. Classic.

Always followed up with accusations of American/Western indoctrination if you disagree. Bonus points for sinophobia accusation if you say anything bad about China. 🥱

[-] taygaloocat@leminal.space 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I've been studying Chinese for years and I've visited for a while too.

China is mid. It's impressive how they've advanced so quickly, but their working class is still under a lot of stress and the wealth disparity is grotesque like many countries. They've exchanged the freedom to criticize the powers that be for safety and security.

I think they've gotten relatively lucky with Xi Jinping. He's clever and I think generally tries to do the right thing, but when he's gone I think China is likely to suffer under whoever replaces him.

It's just that compared to the US even the slimiest turd looks like gold at the moment.

[-] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

These kinds of maximalist statements you're making reek of the conservative "I got kicked out just for having a different opinion!"

Like yeah actually if the "anything bad" you say is the same Epstein empire propaganda bullshit meant to justify bombing shitloads of people -like they're doing right now- then those with a mind and soul will react poorly to that.

[+] vathecka@lemmy.radio -8 points 2 days ago

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago

Meanwhile, in reality, China has 96% home ownership rates.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 days ago

Oh you like China? How does it feel to like [thing that is a problem in capitalist countries but largely doesn't happen in China], commie

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