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SplitPerspective t1_j2m2060 wrote

Reply to comment by porkchopnet in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii

Human freedom on an index, created by a liberal democracy. If you can’t even understand that when it comes to geopolitics, everything is biased, then you’re already stuck within the bounds of the system with a biased lens.

Case in point, millions of Chinese travel outside of China every year. If it’s so bad, you’d expect a mass exodus and/or asylum seekers. Then there are “expats” from liberal democracies retiring in China.

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SplitPerspective t1_j2l85am wrote

Reply to comment by AllanfromWales1 in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii

Western information superiority and Manufacturing consent is a hell of a drug…

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SplitPerspective t1_j2l7v5x wrote

Reply to comment by porkchopnet in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii

Vietnam war, Mai Lai massacre, Kent state shootings, operation rolling thunder, Iraq war, Afghanistan, patriot act, indefinite opening of Guantanamo…on and on.

The fact is, the average person isn’t affected by those things that have passed, or are not affected by policies and institutions currently, despite persistent human rights abuses to others.

Same thing in China, if the average person has the standard freedoms, the average person either shows apathy or ignorance to bigger issues.

People like to parrot lack of freedom this lack of freedom that in China, but it’s not as simplistic as it seems. For certain things, there are more freedoms in China, but you probably dismissed that idea and think no where is more free than your own country right? Again, apathy and ignorance is a sickness.

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SplitPerspective t1_j2l76y6 wrote

Reply to comment by Intrepid-Astronaut41 in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii

Don’t worry, only freedom of speech and guns matter. As long as you have those, you can feel better than everyone else.

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SplitPerspective t1_j2l701i wrote

Reply to comment by calumin in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii

The study author seems to be quite biased. You can tell in the verbiage and tone of the labeling.

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SplitPerspective t1_iy72rab wrote

Reply to comment by guynamedjames in How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA. Researchers have found that the cells of people who were conceived during the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939 and, at its height, saw about 25% of the US workforce unemployed, show signs of accelerated ageing. by MistWeaver80

If perfect people mate with perfect people, inevitably mutations will arise that lengthen lifespan, and then continue with that perfect on perfect and you’ll increase human longevity.

In the past those with short lifespans were less likely to mate, so in all likelihood only those with longer lifespans mated.

Now, there’s no need / external pressure to live longer.

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SplitPerspective t1_ixfun9y wrote

Reply to Neuroimaging study shows that people with similar personalities tend to have similar brain responses when viewing naturalistic stimuli. by chrisdh79

In short, free will is an illusion (within our current bounded system). The culmination of all possible permutations of socioeconomic interactions are fixed within this bounded system, so it’s easy then to discern the probable responses and actions given an understanding of one’s life’s journey.

I mean, the first clue was all the tech companies collecting personal data and being able to accurately predict spending patterns and interests, should have been quite obvious.

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