so ironically those places have a large part of the original chinese culture intact, before the cultural revolution stripped it all away in the mainland

taiwan and hong kong still use traditional chinese writing and still practice ... kinda silly shit like Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine

but those places are somehow more civilized

maybe because they're economically better off, right

Because communism is a meme that is a virus
Also they were exposed to non shitty ideas

maybe being poor makes you desperate and do subhuman shit to survive, and being in a place with an insane economic disparity makes noveau riche assholes do stupid shit

i see it in china and i see it in manhattan.

my friend in england got scammed the other day because she was too trusting of some stranger on craigslist

and lost her money trying to sell an old phone

that shit happens in most places in the world with social problems. happens less in germany, japan, and singapore.

happens more in china

rich countries with good social nets

your point?

yes definitely

happens a shitton more in china

a metric shitton more

my point is that maybe the problems aren't so much because of culture and race alone as much as it is a problem all societies face when they go through rapid and violent change

cause the way you say shit kinda spreads general hatred of a people who are capable of kindness and good

and that's... not a good way of building a better future for anyone

but also saying that 60 years of dirt poverty doesn't contribute to chinese society is frankly wrong

*culture

Nah, mainland chinks have a toxic culture. Even when they get money they act like assholes for largley cultural reasons.

have you met anyone from the hamptons in ny

or beverly hills

i deal with self-important assholes of all walks of life and dude it's the same shit just different color

frankly they'll all stab you in the back for a buck

and ... a lot of them learned to be ruthless assholes from american businessmen during the 90s.

yeah but at least rich westerners will pay someone to stab you in the back to save face

to use that analogy rich chinese people will shank you in the street and laugh at you while you die

they'd get a lawyer to do it

the chinks would get their friend in the government to fine you or steal your business

it's dirty shit

but the americans do it using lobbyists and lawyers so it's somehow cleaner.

never heard of patent trolls?

tbh it's even more infuriating to see something you and your friends built be stalled until you run out of patience, time, and money, and see good technology die in development because of some retarded patent troll

the same friends are now in shenzhen and embracing the fast dev there and making cool things actually happen as quickly as they can think of them

1st tier city

admittedly do

so

not all cities are as good

hey listen you guys are cool