• UnderpantsWeevil
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    1 day ago

    In Communist China, this women would have been afforded a pension, full health benefits, and housing five years earlier.

    Which, I have heard, is also horrible

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        20 hours ago

        tankie shit

        Is when you have a 55 year retirement age instead of a 50 year retirement age?

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          21 hours ago

          I’m not sure people who want to shit on China will trust a gov.cn website, regardless of the content

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            I don’t expect them to. Even if I provided a link from whatever their approved list of sources happens to be I doubt I’d get real engagement anyway. It’s mostly for interested third parties.

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            20 hours ago

            people who want to shit on China

            Won’t believe anything that doesn’t shit on China.

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              I don’t know, I think it’s good to somewhat push people to confront their contradictions, and they won’t if they think the claim cannot be trusted. If the claim is made by some lib source they trust though? At least they would have to confront the facts and couldn’t dismiss them outright.

              That is if they’re discussing (or just reading) in good faith

              I think it’s important in public spaces especially, where the person you’re discussing with is not the only one reading the messages & people of varying political stances are around. In that context, a NYT article that is pro-china (could happen in some instances I’m sure, lol) will be far more impactful than an official statement from the PRC

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                They downvote legacy *media in these spaces quite frequently; more often than not.