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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago

Wait, China's not a dystopian nightmare?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well tbf, even though it's strictly banned in China there are still some cases of it happening in rural areas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

But in the US it's legal. In a bunch of states all you need is parental consent for a teen barely out of puberty to marry an adult, and some will lower the age if the child is already pregnant.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

picture 2: not real and technically imposible to do that cause we have 1.4 billion people

This makes me imagine how social credit score department people hands look like if social credit score is real

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 hours ago

People are people no matter where they live, which also means you can't trust any government anywhere. Propaganda is powerful.

The idea of a social credit score has always been hilarious to me, like yo bros we have credit scores over here and they legitimately fuck us over since you need good credit to do alot of things like renting a place to live.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

wow the level of cope in this thread (thankfully not that many tho) arguing over stats - which are probably made up anyway.

some people can't handle that most humans just wanna be friends regardless of gov politics bs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

yep most genuinely don't care, people just hate to be a part of something lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, the content on the Chinese-controlled social media platform aligns with the Chinese narrative? Shocking.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

"The jews are secretly controlling the world. Don't look at the chemtrails, they inseminate you with 5G!!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

我爱小红书!I love rednote! So many cool people and I'm brushing up on my mandarin 😎

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I still don't believe the TEMU bit though

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I like how one person said they don't use child labour because they are inefficient. If they were efficient though ...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Child labour IS inefficient that's why they didn't mention the uighur slaves

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Why? You just assume TEMU uses child labour because... vibes?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Few things blew my mind even though I've been a big fan of Chinese economic and political policy for a while

They actually really like Soviet Culture, the marching soldiers and flags etc. Soviet rock like Kino and the like is very popular!

They're casually Marxist, its not something they have to fight to learn about so socialism is a casual existence for them. I figured the youth would be "too cool or hip" but doesn't seem to be the case

They're very similar as gamers, they really like shooters like battlefield and cs go. I assume their MMOs are different but I'm asking about that

It truly is a massive cultural exchange the likes of which have never been seen before. I'm trying to find out if they grew up on the same games, Morrowind Deus Ex Thief Ultima Online D&D etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 minutes ago

Oh yeah they really like Soviet culture. My first post on there is of some Soviet artwork and it got 1.3k likes, on a brand new account. Wouldn't see that happening on Insta or Xitter.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

Eh, there's truth and lies on both sides. Coming from someone that lived in china for 4 years and was able to engage with Chinese primary news sources. But basic healthcare in china is faster and cheaper, but then again I went to get a wart removed and they prescribed me acorn paste that accelerated the growth of the wart. So win some lose some.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Trying to dodge Chinese traditional medicine in Asian countries when you go to the doctor is such a pain in the ass.

I had to go to three different Japanese doctors before they would give me something other than herbal powder.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (4 children)

Everyone pretending Europe doesn't exist? Most countries have most healthcare for "free" (mandatory healthcare taxes).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Eh... as someone living in western Europe, I can't say it's free. I would say that it's subsidized at most. We still have to pay a part of our healthcare, we can get a private health insurance to complete the government coverage, but it's still not enough to cover all of it.

Mental health isn't covered at all, ophtalmology barely (still gotta pay 200€ for a pair of glasses, after public + private coverage), dental only the very basic is covered...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Not a single hospital I went to in that country had hand soap in the bathrooms, to give you an idea about the level of hygiene. But going for my yearly sinus infection was a breeze and I got antibiotics. Not a zpack but it cleared up the infection. And no appointments necessary. Breeze in and breeze out an hour later with what you need. And dirt dirt cheap, and on my visa I didn't pay into the national health care system, so my cost was 100% out of pocket.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The kinda people joining Rednote right now are not the same kinda people who know alot about geopolitics, or honestly anything beyond their personal bubble. Yeah, they're just gonna keep pretending Europe doesn't exist.

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