cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54737773
I was watching a Tiktok video and the creator mentioned that in China rich people are seen as creating value. And that they are only ever taken down by the CPC when they step out of the party’s line. How true is this?
Are there any Chinese comrades here to verify this?
Anecdotal, but my Mandarin tutor lives in Xi’an and hasn’t ever visited the West.
The first time we started talking about jobs, life, and politics, she asked me if it is true that the American government is only for the rich. She seemed appalled and even upset at me confirming it. She started stuttering and then half-jokingly shook her fist and grumbled, then laughed it off and continued the lesson.
The next time we talk about such things, she learns more about the struggle of poor people in the USA. She is further bewildered, and expresses deep support for the CPC and the programs that assist the poor in China. She asked why the government couldn’t give the poor people jobs, and why healthcare and education aren’t given to everyone for free.
Seems, to me, that she’s not a fan of the rich at all.
She asked why the government couldn’t give the poor people jobs
To be fair, the US government does have a “jobs” program for poor people (hint: the 13th amendment has a carve-out for prisoners)
I had made a post about it before, but she genuinely thought there was a mistranslation in either my or her end when I told her the police arrest poor people here
Because rich people in China are kept in check, which leads to Chinese people probably seeing capitalists more positively than they should
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Chinese people who work in finance are struggling to date without being called out for being in an anti-social job role last I saw, as an example.
BBC: China is bad because they are antifascist.
