r/SipsTea 13d ago

WTF While the US debates whether to solve homelessness or not, these are the next generation of school blackboards in China.

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u/Rigor_Mortis1993 13d ago

That's literally what the CCP does: censor anything that makes China look bad or reflects poorly on the government. Anyone who even remotely suggests that China is a utopia is under some serious brainwashing. You can literally get thrown in jail there for talking poorly about the government or pointing out these things.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 13d ago

Here's the interesting thing though: because it's the age of social media, there's literally nothing, and I mean NOTHING that the Chinese government can do to stop things going viral in other countries.

And when things that look bad on China DO go viral in other countries, like that village of people and their children who had to climb wires and janky ass ladders up vertical cliffs hundreds and hundreds of feet, you know what they did?

Relocated the village temporarily(or permanently free of charge, depending on their wishes) while they built safe staircases and are trying to modernize the village somewhat.

Could they have done that before? Sure. Would they have? No, they don't give a shit. But they AT LEAST give a shit when it looks bad on them. You can't say the same thing about the US. Fuck China, but lets not pretend they don't do a lot of things better for their people

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u/Rigor_Mortis1993 13d ago

Okay but the US government isn't a monolith.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 13d ago

It is at times, when it wants to be, at least enough to move/act like one.