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[–] cjoll4@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Huh, I never would have imagined that. What a quirky hobby. How fun!

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 30 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear about the Chinese police fans who do up their cars to look like People’s Police vehicles and drive them around cities in Europe and North America with large Chinese expatriate populations, apparently just for fun.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Right? How fun! That guy has a nazi armband! So cool!

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Are you calling Chinese police similar to Nazis….? I’ve never had a bad interaction with one and they’re certainly not fascists

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve never had a bad interaction with one

Presumably you've never disagreed with the CCP in a public way.

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 hours ago

Not to just play whataboutism but wearing masks to protests against a genociding nation just got banned in some states of the land of the free. Sadly, not being allowed to criticize is on the rise everywhere…

There are many ways of allowed criticism of the CCP. A certain degree of self censorship is applied no matter where one lives. But yes that is certainly one large negative of Chinese political rule!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

That's a fairly complex topic. The big take away is that the Chinese government isn't exactly loved by a lot of people.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s a joke. Look at the username.

Edit: saw the reply, doesn’t look like a joke now

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's fine if you don't know history.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 25 minutes ago

lol bro do not start with that shit on a 5d account and a clearly biased comment history.

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of westerners, sure. The vast majority of Chinese would disagree since they’re 1-2 generations away from poverty. Depending on the city most grandparents have zero education, parent may have gone to middle school, then current gen has shot for the stars. Chinese government can be unfair, but no one can argue they didn’t make everyone’s lives materially better

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

everyone’s lives materially better

Yes, I'm sure the Uyghurs and political dissidents agree wholeheartedly with you.

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think you need to look up the word material.

Yes, the Uyghurs currently being genocided are certainly materially better off.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Found the liberal who can't read history....

Edit: What's with so much toxicity. This should be left at reddit... You reply with history and get cursed at.