• Rojo27 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Its the latest sign of rising dissatisfaction with China's government from unexpected sources.

    You mean the wealthy aren't ever dissatisfied with socialist governments? :orly:

  • QuillQuote [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    lmao imagine thinking the bougie people are an unexpected source of criticism of china

  • Grownbravy [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    bring the bulldozers to the North Shore of Long Island when youre done

  • Blurst_Of_Times [he/him,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Everything is a sign of rising dissatisfaction with the Chinese government except the government satisfaction polls, which are propaganda.

  • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I listen to NPR a lot, and they've really ramped up the "China Bad" rhetoric leading up to Biden's inauguration. The next decade or so is going to be a doozy. Special ops champing at the bit.

  • BreadPrices [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    "Crowning" the landlords and parading them through the villages. This sort of thing is very common. A tall paper-hat is stuck on the head of one of the local tyrants or evil gentry, bearing the words "Local tyrant so-and-so" or "So-and-so of the evil gentry". He is led by a rope and escorted with big crowds in front and behind. Sometimes brass gongs are beaten and flags waved to attract people's attention. This form of punishment more than any other makes the local tyrants and evil gentry tremble. Anyone who has once been crowned with a tall paper-hat loses face altogether and can never again hold up his head. Hence many of the rich prefer being fined to wearing the tall hat. But wear it they must, if the peasants insist. One ingenious township peasant association arrested an obnoxious member of the gentry and announced that he was to be crowned that very day. The man turned blue with fear. Then the association decided not to crown him that day. They argued that if he were crowned right away, he would become case-hardened and no longer afraid, and that it would be better to let him go home and crown him some other day. Not knowing when he would be crowned, the man was in daily suspense, unable to sit down or sleep at ease.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      You want to crown 'em? Then crown their ass! The landlords ARE who we thought they were!

      Comrade Dennis Green

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    It's the latest sign of rising dissatisfaction with China's government

    China, famously the only country in the world where anyone is dissatisfied with their government.

    • YoungGramsci [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I love the tag on of:

      From unexpected sources

      Like fuck, I expect the rich to hate China — and that means they're doing the right thing.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Send in the red guard and give the bourgeois pigs a fair street trial if they want to complain.

    • kronkfresh [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      It could be something as non-news worthy as an HOA complaining about a rezoning project. China bad