I come asking this question in good faith because all I see is neoliberal Americans - who have not fully reckoned with our own homelessness issue - acting horrified of the videos going around of China demolishing unused apartments .

I would like to learn more about this sort of thing from a less biased, non-western source. Can someone actually put this video into proper context?

    • Mehrunes_Laser [comrade/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      It's incredible to me how the most absolutely mundane shit is met with suspicion when china does it.

      But I guess that is how they get you to fear shadows.

      • Barabas [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Demolishing 15 scyscrapers at the same time is pretty notable tbf.

        • ssjmarx [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I think that's just indicative of China's size and density. Most things that happen in that country involve what seems to a westerner to be a massive amount of people, so it was a big development project that failed for some reason and necessitated a big demolition.

      • BruceWillis [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        there's pretty insane videos of giant housing projects being demolished in the US too. a whole bunch of buildings imploding at once.