Quote:
Originally Posted by Bankai
Reading everyone's posts on this topic I would like to cast a light from my own experiences.
I have lived in Canada since I was 2 years old and identify completely as a Canadian with a Korean heritage. I love this country as it is my home and would never change this fact.
My wife is from China and she came here as an international student in her first year of University. The perspective of the average middle class Chinese person is far different from how people perceive things from a Canadian perspective.
I would venture to guess that the average middle class Chinese person has seen such an improvement in quality of life that they don't see any negative repercussions from their style of government. My wife's mother was making 800RMB per month in the early 90s, yet has now retired with sending her child overseas for studies at a cost of $30k CAD per year.
For such a homogeneous culture of Han Chinese, the majority do not understand what benefit there is in protests such as BLM. We in Canada are so fortunate we can voice out opinions on all matters. For the middle class Han Chinese, I don't think they care so much about such a benefit of our democracy.
Whereas in the past the difference in QOL was so great from that country to ours, it may not exist anymore.
I laugh at the notion that they are like the USSR vs WEST in the past. Having visited numerous times, their QOL is not much different.
|
I agree with this, but I would also say that the idea is ingrained in them that its not worth it from a young age. The closest comparison I can think of from a Western perspective is people who grow up in extremely religious households. Its driven in your head that the church is right and the other side is sinners, so you believe it. You'll excuse all kinds of terrible behaviour (child abuse, financial crimes, voting for a guy like Trump) to support your view because it's so indoctrinated in you.
But I find it hard to believe there won't be an awakening in the Chinese population at some point. The CCP is trying their best to avoid it from occurring by making it basically criminal to speak out against them.