bort

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[–] bort@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would be less suspicious to just hold a fake instagram or something following some normie apolitical shit.

[–] bort@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was really waiting for them to reveal how they knew this campaign was Chinese.

I can believe that it’s something China could do, but I’m not sure why I should believe this article’s assumptions without evidence provided.

[–] bort@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (18 children)

The answer is that they don’t.

[–] bort@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago (20 children)

lmao, you literally can’t even name one

I can handle you being stupid, but do you really gotta be this lazy?

[–] bort@hexbear.net 19 points 4 days ago (23 children)

Tell me who they’ve exploited. Go on.

[–] bort@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago (75 children)

Which other countries does China exploit?

[–] bort@hexbear.net 31 points 4 days ago (3 children)

And yet, it still shows China in a more positive light than its masters.

[–] bort@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They’ve seen their own lives improve materially due to the actions of the state. They’ve seen the government respond to the wishes of the public.

I don’t really understand what point you’re trying to make.

[–] bort@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

You couldn’t choose not to work in China, it’s still a pretty poor country and the majority need to work to live.

Those who can’t work are mostly well-supported by a combination of family support networks - far more highly valued in China than in the west - and government welfare systems. It’s part of the reason homeless people are so rare there for example.

[–] bort@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

You’re misunderstanding. The infographic is saying that Chinese people consider China a democracy at a higher rate than Westerners consider their own countries democracies.

In my experience though you’re not entirely wrong; lots of Chinese still romanticise the west in many respects, though I also know many who’ve lived abroad and realised that it’s not as rosy as they had imagined.