• disco@lemdro.id
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    9 days ago

    They’ve been ahead for the past 2 decades. Government is robbing us blind because it only serves multinational corporations or foreign governments. It does not serve the people.

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      9 days ago

      They have a demographic pit in front of them which they themselves created with “1 child policy”.

      Also CCP too doesn’t exactly serve the people. It’s a hierarchy of (possibly benevolent) bureaucrats.

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        9 days ago

        I never said they were ahead on social issues. They aren’t and have never been. Their infrastructure shits on ours. Hell look at their healthcare system.

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          7 days ago

          The one child policy and the nightmare that will cause is not just a social policy.

          And yes, China’s infrastructure is very very impressive, however it’s also true that when everything has been built in the past 30 years, it’s inevitably going to be a lot more efficient and modern than a country that has a lot of legacy baggage. A prime example of that is probably the UK, who are still trying to keep Victorian-era rail infrastructure working. Tearing out old stuff and replacing it is time consuming, complex, and expensive.

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            7 days ago

            Alright, you act like China isn’t older than the UK or the US.

            It’s older than both combined.

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                  5 hours ago

                  …No, the point is that the initial buildout of infrastructure is easier and higher-value than renewing it, so it makes sense china has more modern infrastructure than other countries, given how recently they’ve industrialized.