I guess you’re basing that on the time you spent in China talking to folks?
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OpenStars@discuss.online 3 months ago
62% acquiesced to the authoritian state propaganda that “in our country, effort is always rewarded."
Ftfy. There is no way to know how they truly feel, only by looking at those brave enough to say so, even on a (presumably) “anonymous” poll.
lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 3 months ago
Carrolade@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Due to the superlative “always”, that could just be a sign of improving education too. The word always sets a very high bar that cannot actually be logically overcome.
Personally I’d always (literally) have to answer no just because of how the question is worded, there’s no system or circumstance I can think of that would let me feel good going “yep, effort is always rewarded … somehow I guess.” I mean, sometimes bad things just happen. Some ideas are just bad ideas too, and effort into them may not prove rewarding.