It seems like a mix of the PUA and Instagram subcultures in the West...
I still think the CCP can control it and reverse the trend...hopefully. It seems they went way too far in the Reform period.
This has always been my concern, it's the same trap the Soviets were stuck in by pursuing socialism in one state. They're competing with capitalist nations on capitalist terms and therefore need the luxury goods and consumerist lifestyle to keep citizens happy and willing to work on the national project, but at the same time these are corrupting influences that change the class characteristic of the future generations being raised under them. idk I'm just some internet weirdo
In their “David vs. Goliath” worldview, heroism is characterized by evanescense or futility (Rosa Luxemburg, Anarchist Catalonia, Leon Trotsky, Rojava, CHAZ in Seattle, Bernie Sanders, the Communist Party of the Philippines), whereas victory and longevity are in themselves proof that principles were betrayed and sadism is the rule (Joseph Stalin, Kim Il-sung, Deng Xiaoping, Nicolás Maduro, Xi Jinping).
That line's always such a banger. I'm in no way trying to criticize China as pursuing socialism in "the wrong way." It's more from a place of concern for their long term success,. The Soviet Union was doing great until it wasn't. We often talk about the difference between Khrushchev and Deng being that Deng's reforms were successful and the USSR collapsed, but that doesn't mean it will be a success forever.
Seriously true. What I wouldn't give to work on actually building socialism.
The level of materialist rot capitalism generates in people fills me with despair. Will these new bougie types willingly give up their parasitic wealth? They haven't in the West or in any other developing country. In fact, I fear they will wholeheartedly go along with Western agencies to topple the CPC instead (if they can't bring them down from within).
That bag is nothing special anyway. 500 grand for that? What the hell
A lot of parents feed into this shit with unrealistic expectations and overloading kids with study so they don't have any romantic experience until way too late.
The really shitty thing is that dating these days is a crapshoot just about everywhere. So many young people are disillusioned or just don't have the time/energy. And really, there's not much fundamental difference between "I want a man who wears an Omega" and "I want a man who's 6"2'."
I am curious has the redpill ever spread to china like the one where they think the patriarchy doesn't exist , and women are oppressing them?
Western Red Pill shit doesn't translate as well to most of the East Asian cultures because there's a greater emphasis on settling down and getting married than just having a ton of anonymous sex.
Most Red Pill ideology is aimed at the latter and treats the former with contempt ("beta bux").