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cptnamr7 t1_j49o50a wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Indiana University says student was targeted in bus stabbing for being Asian by paulfromatlanta

Not just leaders. Right-wing nutjobs in general. I have a coworker that blares talk radio 24-7. He was telling us a few years ago how China was amassing troops on the IL-IN border in preparation to invade. Oddly, it never happened. And also...just no fucking clue where to start with that one. But he's CONSTANTLY ranting about China. All of my...educated coworkers are.

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roguedigit t1_j4amvv8 wrote

> Right-wing nutjobs in general.

I'm not so sure. Buying (willingly or not) into misinformation about China seems to be uniquely bipartisan, at least for the US. Hell, even reddit does it literally every damn day.

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ilovefacebook t1_j49t3cf wrote

as my family is Chinese, it's complicated. my way back extended family left China for a reason. it sucks there.

China went through an industrial revolution in like 1 month because they didn't care about the cost of the environment, and are complacent with slave labor, and have a lot of resources. capitalistic countries obviously keyed on that and that's why some of our goods are so inexpensive.

fast forward to a bunch of Chinese Nationals getting rich and buying stuff up in other countries, and promising work to poor areas.

now, sure, some of those folks have established businesses and land here in the u.s. But some (mostly white) person had to sell property to them, and are also the ones complaining about the Chinese. and here we are. I'm in the camp that we shouldn't let foreigners buy property here. but capitalism.

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FapMeNot_Alt t1_j4dzc5k wrote

> I'm in the camp that we shouldn't let foreigners buy property here. but capitalism.

I'm actually pretty fine with foreign ownership of property, with the caveat that there should be a hard cap on residential properties and a massive idle land tax on unused property.

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ilovefacebook t1_j4e2gx9 wrote

agreed. i should have been more specific. non-primary residential property

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Maximillion666ian t1_j4a94n6 wrote

The funniest part is when they call the second largest economy communist when it's a form of authoritarian conservative capitalism. China has more in common with right wingers then they realize.

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