I’m not going to run through a chronological timeline of where I’ve LIVED because I don’t need to share my experiences or prove anything to someone on a steroid message board. Im not trying to say I’m some sort of expert on global trade either. I just try to stay humble and keep an open mind. When you live in another country and adopt their mindset and cultures, you can better understand why things are the way they are. I haven’t lived in China, but I’ve spent time (living) in a couple Asian countries and I have friends who have lived in China. China is the big player over there and they deserve some credit for what they’ve become. China has their own business model to produce as much as possible. It does indeed come with a cost and they certainly do scam their own people from a western perspective. The vast majority of Chinese people are very proud of themselves and the work they do, even though they’re just a small cog in the big machine. The bus drivers who bring people from the north to the south, working 12 hours a day and sleeping on the bus between shifts are very proud of what they do. They don’t feel like slaves, they feel like they are an important part of the country. Chinas middle class has grown significantly over the past 30 years, this is evident when you travel anywhere nowadays and see Chinese people by the bus loads. They’re all “new money,” and they lack manners and respect. But they’re getting out and seeing the world for themselves now, something that generations before them never did. I’d say that’s a step in the right direction. Maybe that’s why you hate them so much? Did one of them bump into you and not say, “excuse me.”
It’s easy to judge them and cherry pick the ugly side. Try looking at what they’ve become in the last century. They’ll continue to grow and change. I personally feel like cutting them off would be a disadvantage to everyone. I’d rather keep things open and keep them accountable.
its impressive how you turn poisoning the world through exploitation (both of their own people and the worlds business/trade/laws) into a narrative about hardworkers from the countryside becoming middle class and seeing the world. A humble bus driver happy to do his days work.
you should work in PR,. that painted a sympathetic picture for a country completely broken from communism.
This type of thinking you have, if genuine, is western "suicidal empathy".
They are heavily censored, propagandized and so xenophobic your head would spin. yet you come on here defending people that wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire.
i will generalize, because they are pretty homogenous, thats what you get in countries outside of the U.S. If every university has a cheating ring, every company has a story/scandal relating to business in china and all of the countries around the world have to be more suspicious if their exports/trade practices, MAYBE there is a reason for it.
I'm not ignoring the generations of propaganda and policies that led to this behavior, can't just give them money and a handshake and expect anything different than what the entire rest of the world has experienced for decades.
How these sources talk to you, their customer service, business practices, their attitude, its not satire. its not a fun subversion of expectations, its not like a sassy Wendys Twitter account, its genuine. They tell you to eat shit, they mean it, why would you buy from someone who doesn't respect their customer? This isn't edgey american banter, its genuine
