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> I don't think my sample size is representative but I think it's a warning of how strong nationalism can be Unfortunately, that's the kind of things you can h
by yodsanklai 7y ago
> I don't think my sample size is representative but I think it's a warning of how strong nationalism can be
Unfortunately, that's the kind of things you can hear anywhere in the world.
> I imagine it's much stronger in China where the government actively encourages it.
I wonder... I have a colleague of mine who grew up in a communism country. According to him, most people back then didn't really buy into government propaganda, which contrasts with modern democracies which rely on more subtle propaganda (Chomsky's "media control").
I really have no idea, it could well be that Chinese are on average less nationalist/warmonging than Americans for instance.
- inimino 7y ago> on average less nationalist/warmonging than Americans Less warmongering on average, but get them on the topic of Japan and things change. Vastly more nationalistic on average, and with a much larger population that is way more homogeneous in their politics and nationalism than you've ever seen anywhere in the US. Source: seven years in China.
- mcny 7y agoI got the same anti Japan vibe talking to thirty plus years old postgraduates from China but as I expressed to them I was hopeful that the younger generation would be kinder. Doesn't look like that's happening soon enough.