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Ah, we need to update the joke for the times, eh? Yes, for a Westerner there is no difference: You can stand in front of the White House and yell "Down with Do
by trevyn 6y ago
Ah, we need to update the joke for the times, eh? Yes, for a Westerner there is no difference:
You can stand in front of the White House and yell "Down with Donald Trump!", and you will not be punished.
Equally, you can also stand in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and yell "Down with Donald Trump!", and you will not be punished.
Obviously it's still a big cultural and linguistic change.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoBe dismissive all you want but you give an example that is quite irrelevant in daily life, which is my point. If you're into political activism, sure China is not the place for you to move to. But look at the daily life of a typical American and the daily life of a typical Chinese and they will be boringly similar.
- trevyn 6y agoYou may be underestimating the amount of time the typical American spends saying “Down with Donald Trump”.
- kamaal 6y agoAs an Indian, it's one thing to curse a political leader in the comfort of your home. Totally a different thing to take to political activism on the streets. In any country, barring dire situations, most people just want to wake up every morning and go do their jobs to put food on the table. In India, most tech people don't even vote, let alone indulge in active political causes. Most of those people will do fine anywhere.
- dragonelite 6y agoI have seen how multiple countries handle their protests movement these last few years. Its the same everywhere people gather then the cops smash it.