Woman living in china is paying 278 a month for a 3 bedroom apt.

[Tommy Knocks]

I hate how the US manages to combine the worst parts of capitalism with creeping authoritarianism, and then has the nerve to tell us it's the price of freedom. There's no excuse for how hard basic survival has become here, especially when we're constantly told we live in the richest, greatest country on earth. On that, I fully agree.

But I brought up the "gilded cage" framing because you and @Tommy Knocks comment's leaned on a kind of instrumentalist logic -- the idea that people might accept repression if it delivers material comfort. You might not be endorsing censorship, but that line of reasoning still risks softening how we talk about authoritarianism. It shifts the conversation from whether repression is wrong to how much it can be tolerated in exchange for stability, and that's a slope a lot of people slide down without realizing it.

We should absolutely demand the kind of competent, humane governance that gave us Medicare, strong public services, and fair, livable wages. But we should also reject the idea that political repression is somehow tolerable when paired with lower rent, better trains or mega-cities. People deserve both freedom and dignity, not one as compensation for the loss of the other.

I agree with your post.

people think I dont say negative things about china. Ill give 2 negatives that bothered me in china. 1) they knew where I lived despite the fact that I was on a tourist visa and I always pump fake and use a random hotel, yet, they still knew where I lived (residence). that bothered me. granted my paper work is always legit (no ICE) so i was fine. I show my papers and I'm fine. but now I know how latinos feel. its coo tho, my paperwork is always legit, and they typically dont bother us, they are promoting 'international relations$'

2) surveillance. its everywhere. however, I'm not a local, so it didnt really matter. face recognition to buy things didn't affect me, but it let me know that America will adopt it soon. that's way more scary (back home) cause they have my face linked to my social security number .....

on rollin 60s, everything else was a breeze.

 

[rabbid]

It's cool but the main issue is thay you're sort of trapped there and have to make the most of it with that sort of pay scale. So what if you want to take care of family and friends or you get older and need things done in America. You're always going to be a guest on some level out there.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

you're afraid, I understand. ol girl seems to be doing fine. twas there for 6 yrs, came out ok.

$278 for a 3 bdr

Afraid of what? I've been on this planet for 50 years. I'm not afraid of facing hard truths or uncomfortable realities.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Don’t fall for it

Them nikkas got kiosks over there where if somebody say something to you controversial (politics, religion, labor rights) you can literally walk over and summon the police. A snitching vending machine.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Is this supposed to make me wanna go and live in China???

Enjoy that smog

 

[Tommy Knocks]

It's cool but the main issue is thay you're sort of trapped there

trapped? how? you can always go home

You're always going to be a guest on some level out there.

this part is true. as most immigrants in any country

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Socialism with American characteristic

Gotta be careful which characteristics we talk about though

But man living this decently in a big city in your country while working 18h a week would be a MOVIE

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Don’t fall for it

Them nikkas got kiosks over there where if somebody say something to you controversial (politics, religion, labor rights) you can literally walk over and summon the police. A snitching vending machine.

I mean, that’s bad but we’ve got willing and known snitches alike monetizing their ways on major platforms. We don’t got much room to talk lol

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Don’t fall for it

Them nikkas got kiosks over there where if somebody say something to you controversial (politics, religion, labor rights) you can literally walk over and summon the police. A snitching vending machine.

Sounds like Safer streets to me…. Ain’t gotta worry bout no YNs (or YC….lol) approaching you and smacking you on camera like they did that young black guy talking to some PAWG (there’s a thread)

We not Gang Gang

 

[Tommy Knocks]

Gotta be careful which characteristics we talk about though

But man living this decently in a big city in your country while working 18h a week would be a MOVIE

I went from 40 hrs to 18. YEARS ago.

There's this one white dude that only works weekends and said "I'm never going back" he does dub overs for movies

btw I dont even live in china anymore, but that shyt was epic (see thread title)

 

[Fillerguy]

Why yall get so offended when people are thriving they way they want to.

We obviously love the American struggle, but she didn't so she runaway. End of story.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

I went from 40 hrs to 18. YEARS ago.

Maan I dream about that shyt.

 

[TheAnointedOne]

Folks here have Stockholm syndrome when it comes to America. Brainwashed by American exceptionism, "America good! Everywhere else bad!"

When Trump successfully implements Project 2025 shyt here will get very bad. Best to try to leave now before that happens.

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[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Why yall get so offended when people are thriving they way they want to.

We obviously love the American struggle, but she didn't so she runaway. End of story.

Because if this was a breh saying this shyt
You nikkas would be saying all kinds of flaw ass shyt about him
Stop playing dumb on why the coli ain’t tripping about this

 

[bnew]

she's making $30K/year working 18 hour weeks which affords her a upper middleclass lifestyle.