I'm not surprised, due to the combination of how Chinese lives have improved and how American lives haven't.
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it's funny that americans got life improvements because the american gov't was worried that the chinese success with mortality, birth, literacy, and housing rates increased so dramatically and now the american gov't doesn't care anymore.
It was more Soviet than Chinese, but I agree with the sentiment.
yes it was; i meant to say communists instead of chinese, but it still works and especially so today.
It also explains why European social safety nets have eroded over the last 35 years despite populations that are more productive than ever.
i wonder how the europeans will react and i hope it's not like the americans.
what i mean by that is americans have repeatedly been shown that neoliberal policies have repeatedly eaten away at the already meager social safety nets of the united states, yet americans continue to double down on the political duopoly that created the neoliberal policies nonetheless.
mexicans, on the other other hand, also got see how neoliberal policies were fucking them over but they collectively abandoned their political duopoly and that's why shienbuam and the morena came into existence and why they are in charge. (at least for now until the united states invades to reverse this sort of social progress.... again).
the europeans, mexicans, and americans all technically have multiple parties; but in all systems only two parties are ever outright winners of their respective systems and the americans are only unique in that it's more liberal party (aka the democrats) use the legal system to ban other parties.
europe will go absolutely full unhinged suicidal fascist when a critical mass of voters feels betrayed enough by the mainstream politicians.
considering meloni, AFD, and starmer's divorce from his base; it sounds like europe is already in its first stages.
i mean, brexit was already a sign of this shit happening
i wonder how the europeans will react and i hope it’s not like the americans.
Maybe Europeans can chime in why leftist parties never seem to achieve political power, leaving fascists the only ones presenting an alternative to the system that's eroding before everyone's eyes.
generations of anticommunist brainwashing plus the pre-existing deeply embedded white supremacy will do that to you
it's not an accident. the united states fostered compatible leftist groups immediately after world war 2 to prevent europeans governments and people from going communist in a similar way to how the united states fostered pro-fascists groups in the global south to keep the global south from going communist as well.
you mean there aren't starving children in China that would kill for the green beans I didn't eat?
The current admin is working hard to make sure the number of starving kids in the US is gonna be much higher.
Not anymore. They all starved to death. If only someone had shared their vegetables!
Parents of the future will have to change it to "don't you know children are starving in Gaza?" And undoubtedly lots of other places too 🙁.
Don’t you know that there are starving kids next door?