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I think it's hilarious that when westerners provide data based arguments that China is failing, China supporters will say you don't understand China and you nee
by berserk1010 3y ago
I think it's hilarious that when westerners provide data based arguments that China is failing, China supporters will say you don't understand China and you need to live there, and they've heard China's impending fail many times. And then when a Chinese person that lives in China provides arguments that China is failing, China supporters will say well they're biased.
- pphysch 3y agoCherry-picking can look superficially like a "data-based argument", but that doesn't make it a good argument or approximation of the truth. Dan isn't outright lying, but he is omitting a lot of uncomfortable truths (long-term trends) in order to reinforce his worldview. Voluntary expats in particular are unreliable narrators because they are incentivized to fit in their new home and defend their major life choice. An expat that expresses loyalty to their old country over their new one is not really an expat, they will be viewed socially as an eternal outsider, foreign agent or invasive settler.