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Perhaps differentiate between the CCP and the average Chinese citizen?

• mrlala 7y ago
  How? I don't know anyone that currently lives in China. I don't see posts like, anywhere, from people who currently live in China. From my perspective, they seem to be basically cut off from the rest of the world. So how can I differentiate between the chinese government and the individual, when for all I know most of the individuals support everything their government is doing?
  • notebookstack 7y ago
    So...because you don't personally know any of these 1.4 billion people, you feel like it's okay to make whatever assumptions you want about every single one of them? Is that not dehumanization? Would you enjoy having others' assumptions of you being whatever worst crime your government has ever perpetrated? How about even the simple assumption that you are your government and agree with every single one of their current policies and actions?
  • lwansbrough 7y ago
    > when for all I know most of the individuals support everything their government is doing? They most certainly do, but that's not their fault. They've grown up with the CCP and aren't given the freedom to learn about the world from a broader perspective. They live in total ignorance of their government's control over them. Everything they know and understand is blessed by the CCP. That's the fault of the CCP, not the individual.