Lol?

Calling Europe the “civilzed world” and referring to other places as “ex-colonies” has deeply racist undertones. I am sorry that calling this out can only be seen as “ruzzian bots” by the folks in this community, especially when I have no sympathy for russia 😅.

I guess this place ia truly becoming like reddit now. Where people downvote shit without understanding it.

L take brother.

Ohh wow, look who has appeared. Mr No reply to the original comment. Wonder what he will add to the conversation.

Like usual, it’s nothing of value.

I think you’ve misread my comment.

“Xi doesn’t get the solidarity like Luigi, because his government has a track record of punishing citizens when they show dissent” was the point of my original comment.

I believe this context is important if we’re to discuss the likability of a country’s leader based on their actions. Additionally, “acting within the defines of state ideology” would permit a national head to practically do anything since they are the ones defining the state ideology.

Thanks for admitting that nothing could ever be enough to change your mind.

I have shared some articles on China’s crackdown on dissent here. Will you will change your mind after reading them?

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/15587589

I have shared some links further in the thread, here you go.

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/15587589

My friend, you’re the one who’s actively denying the opinions of the Chinese people I know, while pushing a Harvard study on my face. And then calling me racist/chauvinistic. I am not sure how that helps your case, but I guess just spouting random nonsense is your idea of a conversation.

To help you out, I have taken some time to find some of the articles from the time I was in SG, and cases I discussed. These are the articles.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64592333

https://www.economist.com/china/what-peng-shuai-reveals-about-one-party-rule/21806441

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/14/dissidents-in-china-detained-and-harassed-as-beijing-prepares-for-party-congress

Most of the people I talked to related with these incidents, and acknowledged that while they may not the be the norm, they’re certainly not anomalies. And a lot of people dont come out because the government reacts in such dracnonian ways.

The people I talked to were not representative of all of China, it would be ridiculous to consider that. However, ignoring multiple unrelated people sharing similar stories would be an asinine thing.

If your response is going to be a an aggregate study about economic development, and ask me why would people be unhappy with that, then you need some sort of help to understand that economic freedom is not the only freedom in the world.

I never claimed to be an authority, and there’s a reason I mentioned it was my opinion.

And again, it’s not like there could be selection biases in a Harvard study. That absolutely never happens.

I base my opinion on multiple people I personally know who moved from China to SG, because they were unhappy with the kind of control government maintained over any public criticism. I won’t pretend that I remember all the instances they’ve mentioned, but I know better than to reject the claims of the countries citizen when they have some concerns. I won’t pretend that I know better than the people living in the damned country.

I wonder if it has anything to do with PRC’s punishment towards citizens who have been critical of their government. Who knows man.

You could put the jar of peanut butter on the scale and measure what amount you’re taking out?

Spanish & Italian food is better for the most part imo.

Obviously Xenophobia isn’t excusable.

The guy’s calling you a Modi supporter 😅

While the general idea of Buddhism is pretty nice, there are some highly questionable aspects like women being impure by birth, and not being able to achieve Nirvana (eternal peace/heaven) either through rough tribulations or doing enough good to be born as a man.

Of course it’s impossible to check if it was Buddha who said it, or it was added later by his people, but the above is something that isn’t discussed much imo.

LinkedIn is pretty useful fwiw

True anyways

For people down voting, please share your reasons for it. If there’s something wrong with the product, sharing that info would be helpful.