ostentatioushuman t1_j95zqcv wrote on February 19, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Reply to comment by kuronek_o in eli5: Why are Chinese products so inexpensive? by Agile-Bench-9386

>chinese people are overwhelmingly positive about their govt

There is growing discontent in the last few years. Economy and standard of living is not keeping up with expectation and the draconian measures to control covid has brought up comparisons to the cultural revolution times.

kuronek_o t1_j961sxm wrote on February 19, 2023 at 3:06 PM

this just isn't entirely true, you're only being fed negatives of china, hyper inflated under the microscope of scrutiny. while the people do protest in china, the govt also listens. there's a reason they've kept it together for so long, no matter how much people wish it to fail. there is no comparison to the cultural revolution times, that's a ridiculous statement to make and completely ahistorical. the contradictions under those times were of a population boom and an industrial boom counteracted with widespread famines and other issues. the stability of china now isn't even comparable to the stability of it then.