• bort [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    You couldn’t choose not to work in China, it’s still a pretty poor country and the majority need to work to live.

    Those who can’t work are mostly well-supported by a combination of family support networks - far more highly valued in China than in the west - and government welfare systems. It’s part of the reason homeless people are so rare there for example.

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      And that doesn’t sound too me like a big different situation fron what we have, let alone a better one. Then how is the perception of what’s going on that different?

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        They’ve seen their own lives improve materially due to the actions of the state. They’ve seen the government respond to the wishes of the public.

        I don’t really understand what point you’re trying to make.

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          My point is that our lives here have improved too, but still the sentiment isn’t that positive, rightfully so.

          Also China isn’t a third world country, it’s a pretty big player in the global scale and yet the condition of his population are on par or lower than what you can find in the “west”.