Damn that sounds cool, can't wait for flights to resume so I can be subjected to state-enforced non-misery
I've seen multiple articles claiming that the only reason china cares about mass transit/poverty alleviation/social welfare/city planning/etc is just because the CPC wants to hold on to power not because they have "good motives" or whatever.
If that's true I wish my ruling class was worried about holding onto power :doomjak:
No! You can't just govern in a way that keeps the people consistently happy with your governance! You have to just barely keep them alive and on the verge of revolt and rule like you want to lose power!
It's wild how the concept of politicians doing things the people want to get their support has somehow been demonized. The American system really takes it for granted that you can't do anything via politics except protect the market, which is where all of the good things are supposed to come from.
American resistance to China is working 80 hours a week for peanuts and no healthcare then dying at 45 from a death of despair.
Nooooooo, please don't force better living conditions on us, that would own us so badly
