more adventures on rednote mostly because it’s entertaining how mad people get when i talk about it :3 /halfjoke

this was posted 12/31 btw so i don’t think “the mods haven’t gotten to it yet” is a real thing

#le is common in parallel to the anglosphere’s #wlw which i think is adorable

my number one qualm with little red book so far is there is no native translation like tiktok has. lots of google translate is necessary to get the social media to social :P

necessary disclaimer: fuck the CCP and all the real violence and repression they do. just want to give credit given where due, and so far here im just seeing a lot of assumptions with no evidence? so im gonna post what my experience is :) i welcome all to do the same

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    I can get gay married in the USA. There currently are legal protections against discrimination in the USA. The USA is without question a better nation for LGBT+ rights than China.

    You have legal recourses available to ypu in the USA if your claim is true. There are none in China.

    Healthcare is not free in China either. It’s almost as if theyare really terrible at pursuing leftism.

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      China doesn’t have millions dying each year from lack of access to healthcare, and every single person on Xiaohongshu is learning how shockingly bad it is here in the USA, while we are unlearning the Red Scare propaganda we’ve been fed. I suggest you join us.

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        They used to have shitty healthcare but the government put efforts to change that because they were embarrassed to be the second wealthiest nation and have such poor outcomes.

        Regardless they are absolutely less free than the USA and are undisputedly worse on LGBT+ rights according to their legal codes. There’s no propaganda here. The Chinese government does not grant equal rights.

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          The US also doesn’t grant equal rights. We are literally a genocidal settler colonist state that supports genocidal regime and puts fascists in power, like what you talking about Willis lmao

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            And China’s a genocidal imperialist totalitarian state if we apply the same standards.

            The fact is legally speaking you currently are vastly less free in China. It’s moronic to claim otherwise. This is easily proven by looking at your rights on speech for example.

            China is less free than most countries. China has a state that forces inequality because at their core the Chinese Communist Party is hypocritical and seeks to oppress the masses

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              They arrest anyone in the US who protests against the actions of the state.

              But I’ll remember when I’m dying from lack of affordable food, housing, and healthcare, that at least I was able to share a few more of my hot takes online than other people.

              Anyway, I’m not defending China. I hope you learn to get past the propaganda. It’s quite liberating.

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                I have protested against the state nany times. I have directly stated to Governor Mitt Romney, who was in office at the time, that I hoped he was a single term governor. I haven’t been arrested for that.

                I have protested every military conflict the USA has been involved in since 1991 and Im not in jail.

                Stating China is less free is a fact that’s not propaganda.

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                  Less free in this one aspect perhaps, more free in others. Not really “freedom” when we have so many houseless people, people senselessly perishing from lack of healthcare and food, etc.

                  Also, it sounds like you were protesting for change within the system. People have drastically different experiences when they protest the system itself. They may even be arrested or deported, which is something I’ve personally seen happen. Talk to the anti-genocide protestors on college campuses about this “freedom” of yours. Hell, there are even laws against boycotting a genocidal regime in an organized fashion.

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                    Nope less free across the board. China is a repressive state when it comes to rights. This isn’t an opinion it is a fact. There are countries freer than the USA but the overwhelming majority of nations are freer than China.

                    Have you ever studied any political philosophy in a formal setting? Im suspecting you have not since you seem to not understand what constitutes “freedom” in this context.

                    In China you can’t suggest they stop having their current government. That’s a HUGE problem if you are trying to argue how free a society us as it means the masses have no say in their future.