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Sounds similar to my attempts to convince Americans about the negatives of gun ownership or free speech.

• seanmcdirmid 10y ago
  > about the negatives of gun ownership Many Americans agree on that. We even argue with each other. > or free speech. Ok, you got me there.
  • 794CD01 10y ago
    Many might, but not the ones I talk to about it, since people who think similarly congregate together. Perhaps you can see some parallels in the anecdata I was replying to.
    • seanmcdirmid 10y ago
      I can't imagine someone working in tech being surrounded by gun righters. Mississippi, sure, but Silicon Valley? I spent 9 years in China (I just moved back in August). Southerners (e.g. Fujianese) tend to be more subversive than northerners, but only one-on-one, given a largish group of Chinese, there is definitely a standard "party line" that diverges little. There is just no chance to have actual "public" factions like we have in the states (e.g. pro gun and anti gun), they can only exist under the radar (e.g. one-on-one conversations).
      • 794CD01 10y ago
        Not everyone here lives and works in Silicon Valley.