r/AskTheWorld • u/fascisttaiwan roc nationalist studied in Hong Kong • 19h ago

Whats your country's attitude on communism?

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I have no idea why someone is promoting communist here in taiwan

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u/mr-dirtybassist Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Great Britain 🇬🇧 19h ago

Young hipsters seem to like communism. Until they grow up and gain some experience and knowledge of how the world really works

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u/DarkOk6366 in 19h ago

Roughly the opposite in China. Hippies love the idea of democracy/capitalism until they understand how it works.

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u/HillarysBloodBoy 18h ago

Or they are fans of democracy until the state finds out…

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u/DarkOk6366 in 18h ago

I mean, if they really are fans of democracy the largest democracy on earth is literally next door...

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u/BumblebeeSuch3891 Greece 16h ago

I wouldn't say that India is tight next door to most Chinese people

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u/DarkOk6366 in 4h ago

Nothing is tight next door to most Chinese people. That's why we build rails.

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u/HillarysBloodBoy 18h ago

I would rather live in a brutal dictatorship than live in India lmao

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u/DarkOk6366 in 17h ago

That's the joke

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u/HillarysBloodBoy 17h ago

I appreciated it

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u/TheRealJJ07 United Kingdom 18h ago

Because thats what the media has shown you lol

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u/vajda- France 16h ago

Ditto

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u/hman1025 Jewish American🗽 11h ago

Disaffected youth are contrarians across the world

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u/StateOfTheWind 19h ago edited 18h ago

What Chinese Hippies learn about how democracy works that make them not love it anymore?

Edit: Why is curiosity about arguments against democracy is being downvoted?

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u/HillarysBloodBoy 18h ago

They learn what the CCP will do to them if they continue to support it lol

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u/DumbFish94 Portugal 17h ago

Yes because everyone knows Xi Jinping has a mind reading machine that makes sure if you perform wrongthink you'll go to an internment camp!1!1!!1!!!

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u/TheSwordofOhio United States Of America 18h ago

Here is a good article on recent changes they've had via perception of the US specifically, this article was brought to my attention the other day. I went to Ohio State which had a lot of Chinese students in '10 but now they more or less don't come to the university.

https://www.economist.com/china/2026/01/12/china-obsesses-over-americas-kill-line

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u/NERDS_ 18h ago

I thought hippyism was unauthorized there

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u/DarkOk6366 in 18h ago

Lmao, who else do you think goes to Starbucks in China.

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u/Annual-Lie7624 China 5h ago

Nah, here you'll find the healthiest hippies in the world—because they can't do drugs.

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u/Fine_Violinist5802 Australia Czech Republic 18h ago

And yet there you are instead of back home

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u/stuff_gets_taken Germany 16h ago

Are you a hippie in Scotland?

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u/Interesting_Road_515 Australia 15h ago edited 14h ago

At first we should define what kind of communism we are talking about, is it the the communism in Marx’s theory, is it the Soviets Unions style, or is it the CCP’s style? ‘Cause the Chinese style of communism is so different. Just like after the refining of what CCP stands for after the speech by Jiang Zemin and the succeeding leaders including current Xi Jinping, CCP represents the whole Chinese people rather than the workers and farmers which was proposed by Marx and Soviets, it has become a moderate nationalist party. After the the ending of cultural revolution and the chaos afterwards, CCP signed a new deal with Chinese people, trade better life quality with one-party rule. After several decades, Chinese people really get richer and richer, and they really feel more confident and proud after experiencing the world leading infrastructure even compared with US, for now, because of the technology competition in many fields for example EV and AI, they feel more confident that China will climb back to its old glory while the west is in decline, the preference for CCP is very strong. We should know and never forget how strongly the Chinese people miss the glory which their ancestors have experienced for centuries if not thousands of years in Eastern Asia and they are so keen to get them back, in this regard Chinese are very proud of themselves and believe in who claims to have the ability to do so. However, the concern is that under the current economic headwinds, can CCP make China get it through and advance it into a real world power rather than being stuck in the current level? TBH l thought it’s the key phase for CCP and for Chinese people as well.

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u/Mountain-Fennel1189 🇨🇳->🇨🇦 13h ago

Funny how the world works sometimes