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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 25, @03:46AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 25, @03:46AM (#1427778)

    Many US people would blow their perspective on reality if they actually visited China:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlR9k64RWTc&list=PLZFifwX1CbmRsRJynkOpYCf7NlEfjeTNO [youtube.com]

    Sure, sure, they're all underpaid slaves... But do they really look worse off than lots of muricans?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aedKShR1rA [youtube.com]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y5CqAHxGX0 [youtube.com]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgCQE6EGeGk [youtube.com]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snHDjUBu4Fw [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Thexalon on Thursday December 25, @03:00PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Thursday December 25, @03:00PM (#1427812)

    Of course there are nice places in China. That doesn't mean there aren't also terrible conditions in China. Just like how the Burj Khalifa is a gorgeous building with lots of respectable looking happy people around, and most of the enslaved people who built it and maintain it (try to) live only a couple of miles away.

    And in case you are wondering, a decent amount of what I know about the terrible conditions that exist in a lot of China are from Chinese people I've known over the years.

    But enjoy your propaganda film, and I hope the weather in Shanghai is treating you well.

    --
    "Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, @10:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, @10:59AM (#1427884)
      Of course there are nice places in the US. That doesn't mean there aren't also terrible conditions in US. Just like how the Burj Khalifa is a gorgeous building with lots of respectable looking happy people around, and most of the enslaved people who built it and maintain it (try to) live only a couple of miles away.

      And in case you are wondering, a decent amount of what I know about the terrible conditions that exist in a lot of the US are from US people I've known over the years.

      You can compare cities.

      If you want to compare prisons maybe US would only do slightly better. The US also does prison slave labor.