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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I value my lived experiences more than public sentinment.
Like jesus christ all these tankies telling me how “great” China is…
then why the fuck did my family leave? Why do I have memories of living in some slum when I was in Guangzhou?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You call them tankies, but every country has that. People blindly patriotic to their own country. Willing to overlook the biggest of flaws with their country.
I live in the united states, and have seen people defend ICE. I’ve heard people defend the Vietnam War. I’ve seen people defend our multiple invasions of Iraq. I’ve seen people online defend the killings of Renėe Good, and Alex Pretti.
All because “Home good, outsiders bad!”
And that’s as far as some people think.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
If they were Chinese, I’d give them a pass for being pro-CCP, but these are western tankies on Lemmy… 🤦♂️
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s because people lack the ability to subjectively look at all possible aspects of life. They latch on to one thing that’s better and say that means the entire country is better. For example China objectively has better public transportation and infrastructure around things like internet and cellular despite also being an absolutely massive land mass. Pretty much anywhere has objectively better health care than the USA. So if those things have been causing them grief lately in their life they are going to latch on to that and declare that the country that has the better that is better in general even if there are other aspects not related to those subjects that would ultimately make life much worse
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Single issue voter mindset basically.
Like US-republicans with the gun thing, and they sacrifice their healthcare and social security just for the guns… (and the thing is, republicans aren’t even really pro-gun)