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Wait, China's not a dystopian nightmare?
It isn’t if you are privileged, the same as the US
China is responsible for most of the world's reduction in poverty in the 30 years. If you exclude China, world poverty is increasing.
I just assumed everywhere was
It is, but they're not allowed to talk about it. Social credit.
I imagine it could be if you were a minority or a political dissident.
The fact that so many people went through sexual and gender self discovery on Tiktock, but such things are discouraged by the government in China says a lot that makes me uncomfortable.
Not being able to openly criticise the government and its policies also doesn't sit well with me.
It's not my government though, so that's where my criticism ends. If that's what the majority of people want, that's just democracy by another avenue. So long as people are allowed to leave if they choose, then that's fine.