King_Simp

The most (or perhaps second most, behind their anti immigration and refugee stance) defining the European far right today seems to be their general pro-russia and pro-trump stance. But now with a possible peace deal underway, I wonder where it's going to go afterwards.

There's of course the most obvious possibility, that the deal goes through and Europe can get back to "normal" per se, thereby engedering parties that opposed the war or sought a deal in the first place. The parties would also possibly be buoyed by the success of Trump in not having the country explode 3 seconds into his presidency.

However, given how negotiations are going and europe bejng cut out, the general lack of incentive for Russia to go back to their previous relationship with Europe, and the fact that the economic policies of the far right are...not great, I wonder if we'll see the opposite effect after a time. If the war ends and even if Le Pen or the AFD or Reform UK come to complete or partial power in some form or another, and conditions dont improve, I wonder if Europeans will actually swing back to the left-left of politics. Communists? Idk, the French are eurocommunists, the British can't figure out what they're doing, and the Germans have they're own suppression of the DKP. But i could imagine Die Linke, Melachon's party and/or some left party in the UK (if Corbyn ever decides to form one) getting some traction.

In any case I dont see the mainstream parties like labour and the spd surviving (good riddance)

(Obvious answer is socialism but I would like more specifics)

Often China, South Korea and Japan are treated as the "big three" of stress and expectations. Between their similar college entrance exams, demanding work schedules and environments, and social expectations for people to work hard and get rich and such.

But looking at suicide rates (which are only one piece of the puzzle of course) China places fairly low, at about 6.7 per 100,000 according to Wikipedia, half of Japan's and nearly a quarter of south korea's. Interestingly this is not just a cultural difference, as the Chinese province of Taiwan reports about 16 per 100,000 people, which is even higher than Japan. It also isn't the just case of a high density population compared to low density like Finland and Iceland, since Japan and the ROK fit this designation as well (as well as India, who has a rate even higher than Japan's)

The obvious answer is socialism, but that's a little broad and not how you actually solve things. Not to mention that cuba has a decently high rate too (although considering their current impoverishment it's not surprising). So what happened specifically? Poverty alleviation sure but that can't be all of it, I don't think so anyway.

(Additional notes and questions

A.The DPRK has a rate of 8, nearly a third of the ROK, suck it fake korea

B.Why is venezuala's rate so low? From the source Wikipedia uses its one of the lowest in the world, despite the generally high poverty and instability

C.Why is Afganistan's so low? Unsure if anyone has a concrete answer to this but I'm curious)

So I've come to a realization after about a couple decades of stress and shit that I probably have adhd. Obviously I don't want to for sure since I haven't been diagnosed, but when I'm literally yelling at myself to do stuff and can't stay focussed on basically anything, and get extremely overwhelmed via information overload, etc. It's a good idea to get checked out.

But...I don't want the medicine. I don't know why but I dont like the idea of it. I take other medications, heartburn meds, cold medicine, vaccines, etc. But I dont like shit messing with my head. I don't even drink coffee (and I don't drink or smoke either. Hell, im even reluctant to take painkillers) It causes such anxiety in me, I don't exactly know why either. But the me who is shit and can't focus and whatever is all I've known. I dont want to be someone else because I took a little pill filled with chemicals. It's stupid. I know its stupid. If this was someone else talking to me I'd be saying "well You'd improve yourself and you're just making yourself focus like a normal prrson." But I have such a fear of...of whatever I fear. I don't understand.

I know that government and governance works very different in socialist states (zero party state and all that), but

It is very funny that the "wholesome 0 1984 totalitarian states" of Vietnam, Cuba, China, Laos, the DPRK, etc. Have more independent seats in their national legislatures than the US does. In the US your program has to be approved by the billionaire controlled parties in order for you to have any influence at the national level, buts that's different cause instead of the government doing it, it's the oligarchs. I love democracy

(Note:rely on the homeowner for income and shelter, can't just move easily and have mental issues)

It's the worst of both worlds. Simultaneously I'm isolated from the city and have to drive to do absolutely anything, all of the people here are racist entitled assholes. Simultaneously its not isolated enough like a small town so theres no way to organize any independence or feel safe from troubles in said city, or to have any sense of community. There's Simultaneously too many people and too little people, too much space and too little space.

With rednote being a thing, all the usual dronies of the 1.6 billion dollar army have come out to say "but muh ccp censorship"

To begin, this was a very sudden influx of users onto the site. No shit some of the censorship is heavy handed.

Secondly, Chinese censorship just seems bad because it's more honest. Yeah, you get banned for being a dipshit and you get banned for being a rightist and wrecker. (Being arrested or visited by the police is a rare occurrence at best and a fabrication at worse. Not to mention that JT was visited by and intimidated by the American Gestapo for his supposed free speech too) Over here you might not get banned for it, except in the cases where you do (see:reddot and africa stream for instance), but there's also ways they suppress views without banning people. Age restrictions, aforementioned intimidation, algorithmic suppression, etc. These are just unofficial forms of censorship that aren't as obvious as outright bans. This isn't even mentioning how free speech absolutism is really an American obsession. It's not a thing in Europe and other parts of the world.

There's also the "both sides badddd" argument to this (im looking at you piratesoftware), but again, look at the past 20-30 years. From the mmr scandal to lynchings to J6, etc. You're really going to sit here and be like "oh but slippery slop"

So, I've been playing cyberpunk 2077 and terra Invicta recently and there's just a couple things that consistently bug me. Now look, I'm not expecting them to be fair to China and the DPRK and Cuba and what not. If I did then I wouldn't be able to enjoy anything ever in this world. But then there's other things that just make me believe that Johne Locke rose from his grave to write some code for these games.

For cyberpunk 2077, it's the police. Apparently, literally 9/10 cops you meet are "the last honest cop in Night city." After the fifth time hearing this exact line I almost think there's some inside joke I'm not getting. Sure youre told the ncpd is corrupt sometimes (maybe), and in their little "safe and sound" show, the ncpd says cops may ask for bribes and that you should give them bribes. But like, that's never shown. The cops you do see are

Detective who wants to get to the bottom of hard cases the brass doesn't want solved, and to save his nephew from a serial killer

Two police officers who are definitely good and who just want to help their friend Barry, who's sad his turtle died and who is angry at the brass for covering things up

Cop who sacrifices his life in order to steal life saving medical equipment from arasaka, who only procures stolen cars for the corrupt brass

Cop who does what the brass tells him to do in order to protect himself and his daughter

[Edit was wrong on this one, didnt know there were different choices for this mission and that hes actually not a good cop. My bad.] Detective who hires you to steal bd scrolls so he doesn't have to go through the trouble of getting warrants

cop who beats you for stealing a car from a corpo, but disobeys orders from said corpo and spares you from death

You get the point. It's classic COD levels of writing for these guys. "All the problems are caused by the corrupt management and bureaucracy all the cops are really good guys at heart." Have you ever met cops? Like sure, I'm not saying literally 100% of them are sociopathic serial killers(although i think you have to be a little fucked in the head to do what they do), but the police department doesn't attract the type of people who want to help the community. It's literally almost as bad (or hell, I'd say maybe worse in some respects) than literal Dick Wolfe tier cop shows. And it doesn't help that the game is constantly telling you "man the ncpd are some bad guys. The ncpd are just another gang. The ncpd work with Tyger claws" etc. I wouldn't be as critical if my ears weren't hearing one thing and my eyes were seeing another. (Note:To be...too fair, there are essentially corpo cops who do actually get the treatment they deserve. People like Reed and Takemura aren't bad people on a personal level, but they're beholden to the interests of their capitalists and so you end up at odds with them because they do their dirty work. I don't think theres enough questioning of Reeds "for muh country" shit, but at the very least he's not given a free pass like the ncpd is. Same with Takemura, although it's never really shown how bad he can be really, opposed to just not liking Yorinobu.)

Terra Invicta is comparably smaller, but I hate their democracy vs totalitarianism crap. Looking around at the starting scores it's literally like those freedom institute maps.

Cuba, with direct democracy, free elections, accountable representatives, etc.

Grrr totalitarian nightmare

Thailand, the US, etc.

Aww, flawed democracies are still democracies

But then you look some more and it just has you asking if these people researched 5 minutes of political science before making some decisions. Like, really, south korea and Japan are "full democracies." One is a corrupt hellhole ran by megacorps who can raid and persecute anyone deemed helping North korea, and the other literally has a system to make getting rid of their one party dominance near impossible. At least give them the flawed democracy tag if it's so hard to understand anything else.

It's like, I really do enjoy playing both of these games but those two things are just constantly in the back of my mind saying "these people aren't as intelligent as you think"

I tried asking on reddit, but tbh everyone is an asshole over there and were not giving me very detailed answers

This is gonna be a fairly complex question with a fairly complex answer, I know. A few things to preface to reassure that I'm not dashing into this without thinking.

1.I am not moving tomorrow. I'm getting my degree in my home country first, and then moving. (Obviously I will ask again when the time comes, since policies and situations can change)

2.I am planning on learning and becoming proficient(if not fluent) in Chinese

3.Im planning on taking internships and will have a degree in an industrial field, so I won't be completely unqualified for potential positions.

4.I know china isn't luxury gay space communism

Anyway, what I wanted to ask is a few subquestions in relation to one big overall question.

A.What is the process from getting from my country (the usa) to China going to be like? I mean, obviously I'm flying, but I've never moved countries before so I want to know what I'll need to do beforehand, how long the process will take, and what might prevent me from going in the first place

B.Is there any specific locations in China that you would recommend? Personally I'm thinking either Shanghai or Chongqing, however I generally just don't know where I'd fit in to start. I understand if I might not be perfect for a recommendation, but if there are some ideas that I could he presented with, I would greatly appreciate it, and I can always move to a different area later

(Edit:I'm also from an area with very few natural disasters. Should I move somewhere more inland, or northern, since I don't have experience in preparation and evacuation and such)

C.What is the process and what should I expect for getting a job? I live in the US, so how do I go about getting a job offer from a Chinese company to get a work visa. What would make me more viable as a canidate (besides language skills and a degree and experience, obviously)

D.The great firewall and such. How worried should I be about what I say, both in person and on social media? Also, how much access will I have to the non-chinese world? I've been told there might be access to VPNs, but I feel like that defeats the purpose of the great firewall, no?

E.Services. How does getting access to Healthcare, legal services, etc. Go when I'm not a citizen?

F.How worried should I be about day to day life and crime? How much more/less worried should I be about getting mugged/assaulted/burglarized (obviously depending on the area.)

G.How do I deal with the inevitable culture shocks I'll have?

And finally

H.Will there be any possibility of me obtaining Chinese citizenship? If yes, how long will it take, and what will and won't be available for me for the time im not a citizen? I checked the naturalization law, and it says if I'm stateless I can apply for citizenship if I'm "settled," but I dont exactly know what that means.

I think that covers everything. I'll add as much detail about myself as I am willing to share online (which isn't a ton). Thank you in advance for any help in this matter.