Wed May 13 21:22:15 2020
<7d56dcb3> you’ll never gain a realistic understanding of china if you only believe the bad things while dismissing the good things as “propaganda”
<5547a085> What are the good things?
<5547a085> Lying, cheating, stealing, fraud, corruption, totalitarianism greys the picture to the point it is moot.
<7d56dcb3> what country doesn’t have those things? lol
<5547a085> Thats an obvious straw man, the granularity is the distinction.
<5547a085> I’m not envious of any CCP citizens