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Nothing will substitute that well because these are prestige luxury goods. Xi wants to send his daughter to Harvard, not to a university in Moscow. Abramovich w
by csee 5y ago
Nothing will substitute that well because these are prestige luxury goods. Xi wants to send his daughter to Harvard, not to a university in Moscow. Abramovich wants to sail in Europe, not China.
It was the case in the Soviet Union too that even though the West was the enemy, the status symbols were still all Western. In a weird way the elites aspired and lusted over the produce of Western consumerism.
- hattmall 5y agoSo did the non elites, of what they were able to see, which is why such a large emphasis was put on concealing the wealth of the commoner westerner. Something that is still huge in China. If the average Chinese person learns that even the poorest of the western world doesn't live in 10sq meter "apartment" and work 9-9/6 the party would lose control.
- verve_rat 5y agoI mean, to be fair, the poorest of the western world don't live in 10sq metre apartments...
- richiebful1 5y agoHundreds of thousands of Chinese international students have been coming to the US every year for the past decade. I'm sure they've seen homelessness as well as the middle class lifestyle in the US. So far so good
- hattmall 5y agoAny Chinese person coming to the US is from the most privileged class. The Chinese commoner isn't even able to move freely around China.
- phist_mcgee 5y agoJust look at this recent speech by Putin[1] on the matter. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguV-zo2wpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguV-zo2wpI