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Turns out people get offended when you respond to their propaganda with "So we've been told." (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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My therapist made a comment about how China is a failed socialist experiment because they have 2-3 year olds working in factories. I responded "So we've been told." She looks at me like I'm crazy. (Not a great look for a therapist) "I've not seen any evidence of that."

"Because they're such a closed country!"

"Which means you have no evidence to your point either?"

"Well, missionaries... anyway!"

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I mentioned that they have opened up,

FOUR DECADES AGO. I am reminded of people who think Russia is still commie

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's always bizarrely funny to me when someone's conception of a foreign country is frozen in the era when they grew up. Like a guy I knew who, when I tried to explain that Japan is a semi-colony of the US, responded "actually the US is a semi-colony of Japan because they make all our electronics and could paralyze our economy by cutting us off from trade."

[–] miz@hexbear.net 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

my parents' generation grew up hearing some variation of "finish your dinner, because there are starving children in China" and they can't really let go of when they were kids and it was one of the poorest countries in the world

[–] ThermonuclearHoxha@hexbear.net 8 points 16 hours ago

This guy after learning the bubble burst:

actually the US is a semi-colony of China because they make all our electronics and could paralyze our economy by cutting us off from trade

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Russia defeated the nazis and the world will never forgive them for it.

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

the soviet union. not just russia

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 5 points 18 hours ago

Thanks for the correction, it’s easy to conflate the two due to decades of western propaganda

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

commie just means bad to a lot of assclowns.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago

Guess I’m down bad then