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Hello! I would like to start off by apologizing because I know a thread like this gets posted every other day and it can border on (or actually be) concern-trolling, but I wanted to get a rough survey of opinions here on a topic.

Specifically, do you have any criticisms of China's contemporary culture? Its government? What are they?

I'm of the opinion that there are a lot of low-hanging fruit in this regard, like the patriarchal social order that [whatever one might say about its status in other nations] is certainly an ongoing problem for the matter of women's liberation. I also think it's both socially backwards and bad for national security to not have gay marriage, because we're all familiar with how the US loves infiltrating student movements.

I also rather regret how the CPC seems to be trending towards expanding the role of the profit motive rather than shrinking it. See these statements:

http://en.qstheory.cn/2023-05/04/c_882761.htm

http://en.qstheory.cn/2023-05/05/c_882998.htm

Do you agree with these points? Do you have your own criticisms? Am I totally off-base? Let me know!

(btw I'm also familiar with the idea of sharing criticism with comrades but finding public criticism to be counter-productive, but I don't want to spend all day listing caveats)

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Incidentally, this is a great argument to China that they shouldn't back down.

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Your reading comprehension isn't great. The problem isn't that this woman is a prostitute, it's that it's normalizing the framing of "these men at war need access to sex," which if you think about it for even a few seconds should raise red flags. If it is a "need," then it is "necessary" to a war effort that it is accounted for, and suddenly you see the implication of a military prostitution industry, the existence of which would be a threat rather than a boon to impoverished women because, for this industry to be supplied, the powers that be will be sure there's a minimum number of people who are desperate enough to sign up or else a good enough PR covering for what is actually slavery (such as corner cases of, to pick a totally random example, some woman flying halfway around the world to prostitute herself for free).

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 year ago

He shares a handful of views, but overwhelmingly is a psychotic cult leader and social chauvinist. You are unlikely to get anything but uniform hatred towards him here.

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago

It might be interesting to start a conversation on the appropriate comm there about whichever rule is being enforced (check the modlog) and challenge the rule.

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's pretty pathetic

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 1 year ago

I'd be more worried about the savvy propagandists. Idiots in that thread can't even comprehend the perspectives your students would have from actually living in the PRC, so there will most likely just be a communication breakdown.

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Łumało

Is this a transliteration of "wumao"?

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago

A lot of the xinnie the pooh edits are racial caricature, ironically enough (skin tone)

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 year ago

BuGiJu was doing a great job of contributing constructively from what I remember. Absolute bullshit on the mods' part. StalinsMoustache was correct but a bit low-effort and antagonistic, so it was to be expected (though I obviously don't support it).

At least it was only two days for the former, but still bullshit

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago

A lot of those insinuations come from neoliberals who are mad that neoliberalism isn't given privileged treatment there like it is on Reddit.

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think you're being sincere but it's funny how you format it as "I do support communism but . . ." since that's sort of the meme. Anyway, I think a couple of other people here are doing just fine but if not, you can let me know and I'll give explaining it a shot.

Edit: I will say of the Great Firewall that its main purpose isn't censorship but minimizing the market share taken up by foreign websites like Facebook, Twitter, Google, and so on. Such a thing would represent a serious national security concern, both because of their nature as western corporations wanting to undermine other domestic business and also because they work with western intelligence, along with China just being able to get more money and more development of domestic talent by having its big websites be domestic.

It's easy to access the outside internet, just use a VPN. The state doesn't care about your personal internet use unless you're doing something more overtly suspicious (and I mean like communicating with foreign powers, not posting on Instagram like a normal person).

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