Yup, that’s what I thought: you’re as propagandized as everyone else in the imperial core. Just as propagandized as I was 20 years ago.

It’s too late: I have drawn myself as a rational Chad and you as a hysterical Wojak.

Completely covering up the atrocities the government has caused.

Which atrocities were those?

You lived in rural China when? 25 years ago? I don’t think you’re aware of the pace of change that’s been happening.

They are farmers, some without basic electricity and plumbing. It’s completely third world

It was third world, thanks in part to a century of humiliation by the British empire, but everyone has plumbing, electricity, media, and communication now. There are some farmers using Chinese-made technology that already surpasses our own agricultural technology.

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Lastly, there is no chance in hell China’s literacy reached 97%, not will it as long as rural lifestyle continues with no need for it.

Whether you think they had need for it doesn’t matter. History shows that every socialist state has put enormous effort into universal literacy. This is not controversial; it’s a settled question among historians.

Joss Whedon has seen the future, and the ’verse has a lot of Mandarin cussin’.

The saddest thing is how “enlightened” they feel in believing that there is no alternative, and that feeling further entrenches them in capitalist realism. Anyone who believes otherwise is a sucker, a naïve utopian.

On the note about government run by a capitalist class, what would you estimate the premier of China (Xi Jinping’s) monthly salary and net worth is? How much would that be compared to minimum wage. Is it transparent?

Yes, the compensation for civil servants is public information. Am I supposed to do your basic research for you?

This conversation is buried deep below the fold in a two day old post, so I’ll be brief. I don’t have the time or energy to look into this martial artist.

And about censorship in china, what is evidence?

No one will deny that China has censorship. We do as well, but it’s more subtle, covert, informal, and sophisticated, which Michael Parenti and Noam Chomsky have explained in great detail. China’s censorship is largely out in the open. It’s made clear where the lines are. The press freedom in bourgeois democracies, A.K.A. social democracies, is the freedom of the media owned by the capitalist class and by the government, a government which is run by the capitalist class.

You understand that assertions are neither arguments nor evidence, even when they’re delivered sarcastically, right?

Cheap sarcasm won’t bolster your case.

Very fair question. We’re not pro-Putin. We’re not even Pro-Russia. We’re pro-a few, specific actions that Russia has taken and is taking. Previously.

If you’re in a position to make decisions for a non-compliant corporation, then it does indeed become personal, but you can opt out of the C-suite at any time, or you can get your company in compliance.

Edit to add: You may not like it, but this is what peak dictatorship of the proletariat looks like.

do Chinese high-level officials openly live lavishly and flaunt their wealth

How many Chinese high-level officials have you seen on yachts?

flaunt their wealth like US leadership?

The real leadership in the US isn’t the politicians; it’s the capitalists who own them.

You can’t possibly be a minority in China, what with all those intact organs.

Not necessarily bad, but definitely indoctrinated, as many of us once were. The truth is a series of bitter pills, and the government and media aren’t going to offer them to you; they’re going to distract you from them. Which is easy to do, given how bitter the pills are.