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Also with regards to the Chinese: > At night, the elderly Chinese dance in the streets in unison avoiding any displays of individuality. Really? That's what y
by azernik 11y ago
Also with regards to the Chinese:
> At night, the elderly Chinese dance in the streets in unison avoiding any displays of individuality.
Really? That's what you have to say about a movement for public folk dancing that has defied government control [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9308652e-d1f0-11e4-b66d-00144feab7de.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9308652e-d1f0-11e4-b66d-00144feab7...] and led to inter-generational tensions? [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/world/asia/china-dancing-square-grannies-shot.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/world/asia/china-dancing-s...]
The confirmation bias in favor of "oh look at how repressed and uniform this culture is" is super paternalistic.