And east asian capitalistic societies dealt with the pandemic much, much better than western capitalistic societies. Korea and Japan also have far superior public infrastructure to america.
TBH there was an aspect of orientalism to your original comment, as if societal problems (including shitty weebs) aren't also a major issue in the west. It really does sound like "capitalistic societies bad but oriental capitalistic societies even worse".
Many people in the US (myself included for going on 2 months straight now) work 60+ hour weeks. I've had coworkers who legit work like 90 hour weeks across 2-3 jobs and get most of their sleep (around 2 or 3 hours a night) here at work with me.
But do go on about how awful those people across the world are
Normally the argument is going based on some common cultural trait (e.g. confucianism) and while cultural factors can obvs be important, normally that's an orientalizing move insofar as it brushed away other historical economic, social and other cultural developments to reduce it to some single thing which gets essentialized as asianness by most westerners, also as if culture was not always already mediated by the broader socio-economic context where it's being carried out. Like in all the 'Yellow Peril' discourse you see about China, and which the West use to do about Japan, it often made reference to the supposed lack of value placed on individual liberty, lack of belief in the value of life, and alot of other liberal western-supremacist dog whistles, which were then normalized to explain externally perceived problems of those societies. Obvs it would be inconvenient for liberals to point out that the common factor in every case, which is not unique to East Asia, is being puppets of Western imperialism and having the latter's pro-capital accumulation values instilled into your very constitutions while under military occupation, leading to unbridled alienation, depression, and overwork for the Line-God (Moloch).
East Asian capitalistic societies
They aren't alright folks
don't worry there are tons of weebs like this in the west
western capitalistic societies aren't any better :libertarian-alert:
At least the west is considering 4 day work weeks in some parts. Korea is talking about a 60+ hour work week 🤷
And east asian capitalistic societies dealt with the pandemic much, much better than western capitalistic societies. Korea and Japan also have far superior public infrastructure to america.
TBH there was an aspect of orientalism to your original comment, as if societal problems (including shitty weebs) aren't also a major issue in the west. It really does sound like "capitalistic societies bad but oriental capitalistic societies even worse".
Who the fuck uses the word oriental still.
You're deflecting. What I was doing was pointing out the fact that your comment had orientalist elements to it
But if you don't want to engage in good faith then fine, I'm not gonna waste my time
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"Now about those asians"
Ok bro
Many people in the US (myself included for going on 2 months straight now) work 60+ hour weeks. I've had coworkers who legit work like 90 hour weeks across 2-3 jobs and get most of their sleep (around 2 or 3 hours a night) here at work with me.
But do go on about how awful those people across the world are
Why would being east asian factor into this?
Normally the argument is going based on some common cultural trait (e.g. confucianism) and while cultural factors can obvs be important, normally that's an orientalizing move insofar as it brushed away other historical economic, social and other cultural developments to reduce it to some single thing which gets essentialized as asianness by most westerners, also as if culture was not always already mediated by the broader socio-economic context where it's being carried out. Like in all the 'Yellow Peril' discourse you see about China, and which the West use to do about Japan, it often made reference to the supposed lack of value placed on individual liberty, lack of belief in the value of life, and alot of other liberal western-supremacist dog whistles, which were then normalized to explain externally perceived problems of those societies. Obvs it would be inconvenient for liberals to point out that the common factor in every case, which is not unique to East Asia, is being puppets of Western imperialism and having the latter's pro-capital accumulation values instilled into your very constitutions while under military occupation, leading to unbridled alienation, depression, and overwork for the Line-God (Moloch).