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unions@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Cheng Lei: Journalist held in China says she misses sunshine

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Cheng Lei: Journalist held in China says she misses sunshine

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Cheng Lei, detained since 2020, dictated a message to fellow Australians to diplomats visiting her.
  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    Except that they’re not both bad, that’s just something Americans keep repeating.

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      Except they are.

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        That’s certainly what victims of US propaganda machine believe, but it’s also objectively false.

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          Having an unpopular opinion doesn’t make you any more relevant than a flat earther and I sense that you get the same smug satisfaction as being “one of the few who know the truth.”

          I’d also venture that the full-time job you’ve made out of posting and commenting on all things China has made an impact similar to posts claiming you can’t see a curve across the top of the ocean.

          America is a dystopian hellscape. The Chinese government are a bunch of cunts. And the earth is a sphere.

          Oh and maybe 3 people will ever see this single comment and yet you and I have moved the needle an equal amount.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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            Ah yes, the government that lifted 800 million people out of abject poverty is a bunch of cunts. Imagine being so utterly morally bankrupt to genuinely believe that. Have you been to China, have you talked to people who actually live there. Nobody in the world aside from brainwashed westerners believes the drivel that you spew. The only reason you hate China is because your oligarch owned media tells you to.

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          Welp, case closed. Someone said their opinion is objective truth. I guess denying humans sunshine is only subjectively evil.

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            Objective facts have nothing to do with anybody’s opinions and the facts are that quality of life in China continues to improve for the vast majority of the people. The government is actively working on doing things like eliminating poverty, creating public infrastructure, providing healthcare, housing, food, and education for all citizens. Chinese government practically eliminated poverty, and in fact China is the only place in a world where any meaningful poverty reduction is happening. If we take China out of the equation poverty actually increased in real terms:

            If we take just one country, China, out of the global poverty equation, then even under the $1.90 poverty standard we find that the extreme poverty headcount is the exact same as it was in 1981.

            The $1.90/day (2011 PPP) line is not an adequate or in any way satisfactory level of consumption; it is explicitly an extreme measure. Some analysts suggest that around $7.40/day is the minimum necessary to achieve good nutrition and normal life expectancy, while others propose we use the US poverty line, which is $15.

            China used more concrete in 3 years than US in all of 20th century, they built 27,000km of high speed rail in a decade. 90% of families in the country own their home giving China one of the highest home ownership rates in the world. What’s more is that 80% of these homes are owned outright, without mortgages or any other leans. Real wage (i.e. the wage adjusted for the prices you pay) has gone up 4x in the past 25 years, more than any other country. This is staggering considering it’s the most populous country on the planet. Finally, social mobility in China is such that Americans can only dream of.

            Anybody who looks at this and thinks China is evil is utterly morally bankrupt.

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              Hey real quick, go to China, hop on WeChat, and criticize their government. If/when you’re ever seen again come update us on how the totally not evil CCP loves you so much that they didn’t want you to worry about skin cancer from that pesky sun during your free reeducation!

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                I refuse to believe that a full grown adult with a functioning brain wrote that comment.

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                  No I get it. It’s hard to believe that you’ve wasted so much of yourlife defending a shithole to spurn another one. You’ll get there when you’re ready, and that’s OK. No one is expecting any miracles today.

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                    Comments like yours really let me know that spending a few minutes a day commenting here is really worth it. You’ll get there when you get there kiddo.

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      You know this isn’t about China, right? Your obsession with posting about how amazing ANOTHER COUNTRY’S GOVERNMENT is? Another friday night creating posts and commenting to anyone who mentions China? You see how that’s sad and not normal, right?

      This isn’t about the CCP or changing minds. It’s about you and I hope you can see that. We can. It’s about giving you an identity and a purpose and bathing in the notoriety of being one of the most prolific posters on a tiny little server called Lemmygrad. I always feel sad for you when I see you out there simping for a government body, but then I see your smugness and rudeness and I feel less bad.

      Hopefully you won’t be an old nan yelling at clouds forever.

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        You’re right, it’s not about China at all, it’s me having to read ignorant drivel from arrogant Americans. You’ve created one of the most deplorable societies in the history of the human race, and a bunch of you are running around bleating about how everyone else is just as bad. Clearly you don’t see how sad and not normal that is. What’s really sad is that I live rent free in your head.

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