• 🇵🇸antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    I mention “independent studies” because people are insane and will call anything pro-China you say as just Chinese propaganda.

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      1 day ago

      Nothing I was said was about “independent studies” versus “studies”. I get your point, I’m just saying that wasn’t part of what I found odd. I only used the phrase independent studies instead of studies because you did.

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        23 hours ago

        Brother I only said what I said because you literally said you thought me saying it was weird.

        If you want to look at living standards you can compare cost of living, access to public transportation, cost of food, medicine, you name it. Its all cheaper and rapidly approaching parity with the west, if not already surpassing it.

        But again living standards are often highly correlated with approval of your nation and the government running it.

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          24 hours ago

          I feel like there’s some hostility or defensiveness and we keep talking past each other when trying to resolve it, so I’m going to drop the topic because I don’t think there are actually any disagreements between us.

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              22 hours ago

              If there’s any hostility it was initiated by yourself my friend.

              Bullshit.

              Come on now think for a second here.