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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 30 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear about the Chinese police fans who do up their cars to look like People’s Police vehicles and drive them around cities in Europe and North America with large Chinese expatriate populations, apparently just for fun.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Right? How fun! That guy has a nazi armband! So cool!

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Are you calling Chinese police similar to Nazis….? I’ve never had a bad interaction with one and they’re certainly not fascists

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 minutes ago

I’ve never had a bad interaction with one

Presumably you've never disagreed with the CCP in a public way.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Found the liberal who can't read history....

Edit: What's with so much toxicity. This should be left at reddit... You reply with history and get cursed at.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

That's a fairly complex topic. The big take away is that the Chinese government isn't exactly loved by a lot of people.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s a joke. Look at the username.

Edit: saw the reply, doesn’t look like a joke now

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 hours ago

It's fine if you don't know history.

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of westerners, sure. The vast majority of Chinese would disagree since they’re 1-2 generations away from poverty. Depending on the city most grandparents have zero education, parent may have gone to middle school, then current gen has shot for the stars. Chinese government can be unfair, but no one can argue they didn’t make everyone’s lives materially better

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 minutes ago

everyone’s lives materially better

Yes, I'm sure the Uyghurs and political dissidents agree wholeheartedly with you.