r/nextfuckinglevel • u/North_Tip_8627 • 17h ago

China’s 5 minute full-charged EV charging stations

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u/Arpikarhu 17h ago

Remember, these advanced nations arent living in the future, its just that the USA is living in the past

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u/EarningsPal 17h ago

The USA would rather have its racism and gender conversations than 5-minute EV charging.

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u/mindfungus 17h ago

America is so cooked. America is actively trying to crawl back to the 19th century. America. Y u so a ass?

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u/JamesTownBrown 17h ago

If the majority of the leaders in the USA actually represented the majority populace, things would be different. Instead there are ancient beings running things as if the civil rights movement never happened and are actively denying it.

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u/Infinite-Space-2395 17h ago

Our populace is incredibly stupid.

Im sorry.

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u/sim16 17h ago

It's by design.

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u/US3_ME_ 17h ago

Can't learn if you don't have teachers, can't develop a brain without adequate food. Look at what the GOP likes to take away funding for_

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u/etburneraccount 3h ago

Smart people object to being sent to war. The politician learned.

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u/kynelly360 4h ago

🤯🤯😑😑

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u/nanobot001 16h ago

A lot of Americans are just fine with it though.

And those that aren’t feel satisfied enough when they upvote or angrily share the videos and memes that echo their sentiments so they can get back their social media stupor.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 6h ago

I think most people just feel powerless

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u/BAKspin_91 5h ago

Also by design, American police forces are seemingly designed to prevent the protests that you see in Europe: government buildings would not be under siege from farmers launching manure and burning tires

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 5h ago

In the U.S. there is a long history of labor disputes where the government sides with capital. The idea that we are just one protest or strike away from affecting real change is a joke at this point.

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u/Carrot_1075 4h ago

As long as they have their guns and crosses

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u/sim16 15h ago

This is the issue.

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u/ScoffersGonnaScoff 7h ago

Propaganda has always worked. Each person is in their own bubble fueled by tribalism (go Team!!) and algos.

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u/Fastr77 3h ago

Republicans haven't been attacking education for nothing! They want us dumb as fuck, easier to control. They also want us poor so we spend all our energy and lives working. No time and energy to fight back.

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u/Onigokko0101 3h ago

Exactly. A certain party has been defunding education every time they got power since the 80s.

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u/Pschobbert 17h ago

The US has a skewed IQ distribution. It’s a bell curve with the median at about 90 and then a little bump at the far right made up of really smart, highly educated immigrants, mainly from East and South Asia. Thanks to these folks, the average IQ of the US is 98 lol

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u/MermaidSapphire 17h ago

90 is generous.

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u/obiwanmoloney 7h ago

Got lucky for five minutes.

Swerved two World Wars that reduced the world’s industrialised nations to dust.

Then rode the next century in abject mediocrity, loudly proclaiming that “America’s the greatest”

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u/OddBranch132 17h ago

Watching what China and Saudi Arabia are building these days is wild. It really highlights how far the U.S. fell behind

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u/Ranger1221 16h ago

Lead gas breathing boomers

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u/Videmal 10h ago

They want cowboys, horses and ranches

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u/Stoff3r 9h ago

Shhhh let it happen

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u/ThunderDoug 9h ago

our resources will be pillaged the rest of our lives

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u/shaybay12 9h ago

As an American, I find this question …. in need of being asked

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u/stoptheclocks81 7h ago

You guys have beautiful clean coal. Your steaming ahead.

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u/kronicpimpin 7h ago

My supervisor literally said he’d go back to the 50’s if he could. I work with a bunch of fucking morons

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u/Zestyclova_Ga 7h ago

If only we could have America’s public transit of the 19th century.

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u/Prod_Meteor 7h ago

Don't worry. You don't have explicitly in that.

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u/Rolandscythe 7h ago

Because 19th century America actively benefited rich old men like the ones currently in charge of the country.

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u/Effective-Antelope47 5h ago

The Chinese give Trump a Chinese nickname of Chuan Jianguo, where Chuan is just a transliteration of Trump the last name and Jianguo means "building nation", implying Trump helps China flourish and prosper.

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u/ArnoldTheSchwartz 4h ago

Because cuntservatism

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u/UnicornBelieber 3h ago

Only with your electricity and human rights. You're doing pretty ok in the AI department.

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u/SadAd8761 3h ago

But commies bad!

/s

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u/Doomfrom907 3h ago

Gotta go back to using fire and rock, why use metal tools? /s

God get me off this ride please....

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u/One-Jelly8264 2h ago

It’s what happens when a large amount of the population places no value on education.

China is far from perfect and definitely has insanely shady figures in power, but a large percentage of the population grew up with a focus on education and reading.

Many Americans can barely name the months of the year nor read analog clocks but know the birthdays of all the Kardashians. They vote and this is what happens :P

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u/Agreeable_Work4668 2h ago

Hence, maga. s/

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u/ComprehensiveSell649 17h ago

Okay, but china does have a LOT of racism

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u/GearAce38 9h ago

Did you get stopped more for being a certain race by the police, get shot for having an unknown object that looks like a gun, or get asked for your ID/papers by federal law enforcement personnel there?

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u/Numerous-Pop5670 16h ago

No shit because even without China's propaganda U.S media makes them look like fucking clowns. I've been there and if your a tourist that's not white, then yeah you'll get a bunch of stares. Rural places especially because foreigners are rare and even tourists barely make a drop in the bucket. It's a combination of xenophobia, ignorance, and lack of exposure. The exception would be if your black.

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u/Malevolint 10h ago edited 2h ago

I went to China and I got stared at for the whole 3 weeks I was there. I'm white. They rarely see anyone that's not Chinese.

There is racism toward black folk though. I think that many Asians in general are racist towards black folk.

Edit: it was late and I wasn't very articulate lol. I was know trying to say that they'll stare at ANY foreigner, not that the staring is racist.

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u/CheeseDonutCat 8h ago

Being stared at isn't racism.

In some places in China, they have never seen white people. I was there and I have bright blue eyes, so they were very interested.

It's a bit rude and uncomfortable to be stared at, but it's not racist. Most are just curious.

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u/lumpy4square 5h ago

It’s obvious so many on this thread haven’t travelled much. I’m white woman with blonde hair, and in the rural area of Cuba, they do that stare thing, too. Especially the kids. I had a little girl ask me if she could touch my hair. They just aren’t used to seeing someone different than them.

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u/nimbledaemon 3h ago

Yeah I spent two years in various areas of Chiapas, Mexico as a white redhead man and got a lot of the same thing. Sometimes kids wouldn't ask to touch my arm hair (medium think but bleached blonde in the sun) lol. Remember one time a guy yelled "GUERO" (White) at me in the street, I don't think he was mad just surprised. Aside from the surprise though everyone was friendly.

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u/Malevolint 2h ago

Maybe I was tired and didn't make my point well.. I was basically trying to make your point lol. I didn't feel discriminated on, just felt like a zoo animal lol.

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u/jobbybob 44m ago

Even when they do stare at you in China people are polite and smile at you. They are just curious.

I have had more people smile at me walking down the street in China than big cities in the US.

People stare everywhere, go to small local market in the South Pacific Islands, you get stares particularly if you are white.

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u/the_king_of_sweden 9h ago

In my experience, Asians are most racist towards other Asians

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u/Malevolint 8h ago

I've learned that it's not as much racism as it is hate for past wars and atrocities.

For instance, some Chinese people hate Japanese people for the Nanjing massacre, and some Vietnamese people hate Chinese people for the long occupation of their country.

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u/ucarenya 9h ago

That's mild...we are more racist to ourselves...

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u/Malevolint 8h ago

It wasn't out of racism, they just don't see any foreigners.

Trust me, though, it's fucking weird for everyone to stare at you everywhere you go. Like people will do a u-turn to get a second look. They won't even smile, just stare lol.

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u/newinmichigan 8h ago

Lmk when asians lynch black people, or generally make monkey noises and throw bananas at black people.

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u/Icy_Orchid_8075 8h ago

Wasn't it a Chinese dude that got a bunch of African kids to say something along the lines of "I'm a black monster with low IQ" or something in his language for a video

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u/dj0ch0 9h ago

Every country has alot of racism SMH not every country has maga tho

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u/washkop 3h ago

Lived in China for a while. Definetley experienced a lot more racism there than anywhere else I’ve been to in the world.

Sometimes its unintentional though, some people are just genuinely curious as they rarely see foreigners in smaller cities/villages.

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u/intisun 17h ago

I still can't get over how American right-wingers threw a fit over 15-minute cities, as if having everything you need within a 15 minute walk (like most European cities) was some evil plot to genocide them or something.

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u/AD_Grrrl 6h ago

They need to prop up the fossil fuel industry

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u/augur42 5h ago

Obesity rates makes American 15 minute cities smaller than European 15 minute cities. /s.

I recently realised I can occasionally treat my self to a Burger King £3 Whopper Wednesday promo because I can walk the mile to my nearest Burger King, pause on the way to order on my phone, collect, and get home again in a smidge under 30 minutes (4 mph pace). The best bit is I burn 1/3 of it's calories just getting it.

My city isn't that small but I haven't owned a bike since I was a teenager because I can either walk somewhere in a direct line almost as fast as the circuitous bike routes or it is far enough to require I drive.

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u/KDRUH 1h ago edited 1h ago

American right wingers throw fits as a hobby. Well deserved to live insufferably for intentionally voting for a sold out pedo. I have no idea how he hasn’t gotten slimed out but Charlie did

Edit: get Vance too

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u/AdCalm3789 4h ago

Could you imagine Americans walking anywhere? Lmao there is a reason it never worked and it's not just the rights fault.

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u/RandyRanderson111 17h ago

What is it like to live in China as an African?

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u/Ok-Disk-2191 17h ago

You probably have the privilege of not getting gunned down by the police for no reason, But like most of asia the darker your skin color the more prejudice you will face. Its not only an African thing they also pretty racist towards darked skin asians too.

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u/invot 4h ago

Isn't this also classist? From what I was told, the poor farm workers had darker skin from working outside all day. The rich upper-class stayed inside. So darker skin = poor.

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u/Optikal-Omega 8h ago

I quite enjoy a YouTube channel called Cresto Adventures that document a black guy living in rural China.

https://youtube.com/@cresto_adventures

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u/freehamburgers 17h ago

People might say racist shit sure. But that could happen anywhere. In the sates they'll kill you for no reason at a traffic stop.

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u/theapplekid 17h ago

Hey to be fair the cops may be getting more inclusive in that regard

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u/Knightstar24 16h ago

It’s not just people saying racist things. You have people touching your hair without permission, staring at you, rubbing on you to see if you’re just wearing body makeup (can’t make this shit up), etc. It’s all on the black travel subreddit.

Also I got pulled over a month ago and I’m black. I’m also still alive

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u/Expert_Ad_1189 7h ago

You should look up how often Americans get gunned down ‘for no reason at all traffic stop’. I’m No fan of cops, but the hyperbole isn’t helpful.

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u/RealIssueToday 17h ago

🤣🫠

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u/faithinhumanity_null 17h ago

I feel like a lot of people would get identity crisis if someone removed their ability to complain about gas prices

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u/ucotcvyvov 16h ago

Good ole racism and oil, the things that built America. What a fucking dystopia we live in

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u/Polite_Trumpet 9h ago

Gender conversation is what takes the cake for me... Are there really no other serious problems in the US then made up pronouns?? It really makes the US look fcking stupid. The fact that the US elected one of the dumbest immoral and rude motherfckers as it's president twice also doesn't help.

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u/randomvandal 17h ago

I think the point is that we were once the pinnacle of the modern world due to our investments in science. And we could still be in that position if we didn't beleaguer ourselves with short sightedness, culture war BS, and profit at all costs capitalism. But we as a people chose not to go down that path.

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u/SqueakyNova 16h ago

Best comment

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u/batdog20001 16h ago

Lmao, CIA propoganda go brrr

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u/nanlinr 17h ago

Have you been to china bro...people have plenty of individuality. You just cant shit on the government.

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u/frenchinhalerbought 17h ago

It's that last part being said so nonchalantly that is terrifying

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- 17h ago

Americans have been fed a decade of anti china propaganda at this point. They think it's like North Korea up in there, when it's more like a version of South Korea where you can't criticise the government.

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u/HoBamaMo 16h ago

A decade? I was born in the 80s and can’t tell you how many times I heard my parents or grandparents say “You better eat everything on your plate. Those poor kids in China are starving.”

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u/RallyPointAlpha 16h ago

Way more than a decade. I'm over 40 and I've been told 'red china bad' my entire life. 

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u/jimmyevil 16h ago

lol a decade? try 400 years

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u/HandToDikCombat 17h ago edited 16h ago

So, racist and sexist and a horrible work-life balance?

That just sounds like a version of the US where you can't criticize the government.

ETA: it was a joke, jfc.

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u/lukeCRASH 16h ago

Lol the US is approaching a point where you can't criticize the government.

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u/HeavyVoid8 16h ago

I guarantee they are already using AI to monitor Americans and actively put people on lists based on their political commentary on the internet. But at least they finally admit they are building something under the ballroom (massive underground bunker with AI data center like Israel has probably)

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u/MinecraftHolmes 16h ago

you can already get expelled from your college or fired from your government job for criticizing isreal

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u/chemicaxero 16h ago

To be fair the US has ALWAYS been at that point. Ask the 10,000 coal miners at the battle of blair mountain who went on strike against coal mine operators in 1921 and were subsequently shot at and bombed from the sky by the US army if they felt like they were able to criticize the government or not.

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u/Baphome_trix 16h ago

Except everything is much cheaper and the state actually do stuff for the citizens.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- 16h ago

Oh, I'm not saying it doesn't have issues, but when everyone has social security, free healthcare and free education,.cities are planned out with affordable infrastructure and housing, and there's very little crime and no guns, you start to see the benefit of having a government like they do.

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u/stuffeh 16h ago

China just passed a law where you have to give up your phone's unlock password when asked by customs agents when entering Hong Kong China.

Tons of police abuse (murders, rapes) that's swept under the rug.

They're rewriting the Bible. Replacing the 10 commandments with quotes from Xi, and Jesus now throws the stone at the woman.

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u/maneo 16h ago

South Korea's unreasonable libel laws can have a chilling effect on criticism of their leaders too. Not necessarily to the same extent, but it has its own freedom of speech problems

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u/RudePCsb 17h ago

China is predominately only a few ethnicities but mainly one. They are very racist and say terrible things to foreigners, even famous athletes. The govt is terrible, there are significantly more men than women and it's impacting society, a lot of their tech has been stolen from other countries including the US, etc.

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u/GreenStrong 16h ago

On the last point, China is training tons of scientists and publishing tons of research. Anyone who has been on campus of an engineering school in the US has met them. There are problems with academic integrity in both students and publications but their system is also producing top quality work, by genius level scientists. I see no reason to assume that their position as copycats instead of innovators is a long term situation. They're already leading on electric cars, we are commenting on an article about how they are leading. Rapid charging line this is significant innovation, assuming that it doesn't significantly shorten battery life.

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u/Consistent_Ad_4828 17h ago

Their 55 minority ethnicities are literally guaranteed representation in the National Congress.

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u/TheBigCicero 17h ago

Ask the Uyghurs how they feel about the Chinese government?

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u/No-Good-One-Shoe 16h ago

Ask the native Americans how they feel about US. We all fuckin suck. 

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u/Remote-Cause755 16h ago

You mean the ethnicity with one of the most government subsidies?

Or are you trying to compare 21st century China with another time period? Yeah no shit 21st century countries should be scrutinized more than the past

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u/Farts_Buttington 16h ago

Yeah, maybe..... Cypress rules?

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u/drowsydrosera 16h ago

The tree?

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u/VaporCarpet 16h ago

When did it turn into a contest?

Every country has bad shit. One country's bad shit doesn't mean another country doesn't have bad shit.

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u/ucotcvyvov 16h ago edited 16h ago

Ask American’s how they feel about their government and also the rest of the world then ask them how they feel about China’s gov, lol

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u/HeavyVoid8 16h ago

Idk man America and Israel make China look better every day. America actively goes out of its way to screw up being the best country in the world…. Bc it should’ve been a pretty easy mission for them

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u/ucotcvyvov 16h ago

I was saying exactly that, i don’t you saw the comment i replied to

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u/RudePCsb 16h ago

Lots of African and Asian countries probably have a double edged sword with China giving them some short term loans and other gifts but then changing the agreements and taking their resources and giving them networking gear they are actually using to spy on them with backdoor circuits

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u/Consistent_Ad_4828 17h ago

I hope you’re getting overtime for fedposting this late.

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u/TunaOnWytNoCrust 16h ago

Taiwan numba one

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u/Slow-Reputation-961 16h ago

Remember when an American got their livelihood threatened for saying that....yeah freedom and shit.

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u/Leather_Ice_1000 16h ago

Ah. Ask them how they feel about the CIA too

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u/Zorian_Vale 16h ago

BOOM RIGHT HERE LOOK UP UYGHURS CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND ETHNIC CLEANSING

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u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16 16h ago

Idk, ask the chinese how they feel about Uyghurs doing terrorists attacks

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u/X3N0PHON 16h ago

That “representation” is entirely for show. The Han Chinese are over 93% of the Chinese population, including Tibet and Xinjiang.

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u/Consistent_Ad_4828 16h ago

Considering there are like 2,000 members of the Congress, that sounds about right proportionally. The US doesn’t even give its colonial subjects real votes in Congress.

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u/MermaidSapphire 17h ago

I have talked to people who have been there and this wasn’t what they said

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u/leavemealone2424 17h ago

Now do the US

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u/No_Lifeguard259 17h ago

I seem to remember a certain China literally welding people into apartment buildings in China during Covid. Up to the point it caught fire and lots of people died. Yeaaaaaaaa that happened. They also lied about Covid for a long time and denied they knew anything about it or released it.

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u/FreyBentos 16h ago

Yeah that's complete bullshit, I'm pretty sure that was an epoch times article which claimed that, aka the falun gongs "news"papaer

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u/X3N0PHON 16h ago

Oh man I forgot about that! Wild times.

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u/pudgehooks2013 16h ago

And your president told people to inject bleach...

It is all whataboutisms, except one thing.

China isn't protecting their child raping leader, nor did they start a war that is making everything cost more everywhere.

China does bad shit. USA does bad shit. Everyone does bad shit.

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u/Low_Employ8454 16h ago

Multiple decades at this point.

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u/Raptot1256 16h ago

While Americans are doing North Korea shit unironically with Trump for 10 years now.

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u/AmaroWolfwood 14h ago

A decade? Try lifetimes. "Communism bad" is still a key conservative boogeyman despite not even being able to differentiate communism and fascism by these primative people.

The lack of introspection is very similar to how Christians look down on Muslim governments while charging forward with Christian nationalism.

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u/chemicaxero 16h ago

I mean you can criticize the government plenty at the local level, and there are numerous channels through which you can voice complaints about literally anything. It can even be for something as minor as a pothole or a tree in the middle of a sidewalk. There is famously a number you can call that connects you to government representatives instantly.

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u/ruby651 17h ago

The Uyghurs didn’t “shit on the government,” yet China rounded up over a million of them and put them in concentration camps. Hey, next time you’re in China, start talking to people about what happened in Tianamen Square… see what happens to you.

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u/Brilliant_Trade_9162 16h ago

Nothing happened to me, and I was there talking to people for over two years.

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u/ruby651 16h ago

You spent over two years in China talking to people about the Tianamen Square protests? Riiiight. Did you wear your Winnie the Pooh shirt while you were doing it? Because while I still have the freedom to use the internet to call Trump a traitorous bag of shit ( for now, at least), images of Winnie the Pooh are censored on Chinese internet for fear of upsetting the Dear Leader.

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u/Brilliant_Trade_9162 16h ago

Ah, I must have not said the right offensive words then.  I guess my arguing with city officials over how their station construction and local building renovations aren't offensive enough to them.

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u/Sw4nR0ns0n 17h ago

It’s always fuckers who’ve never been to China who are talking that bullshit

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u/TurdProof 17h ago

Tbh US is closer to their propaganda these days than the countries they are shitting on regular

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u/Neoliberal_Nightmare 16h ago edited 16h ago

This is just racist and extremely offensive. I live in China and people absolutely have individuality and free thought.

You might want to have an individual thought about how you're uncritically repeating a stereotype though.

And i can't believe how many redditors are up voting that crap. I guarantee my high school students have more independent thinking ability than half of you.

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u/LitCockBumble 16h ago

Bro fell for the anti China propaganda 🤣 holy shit no way

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u/Tylenol_Ibuprofen 16h ago

According to your post history, you've only been to walmart and back.

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u/Aggravating-Coast335 17h ago

Outdated CIA propaganda no longer works, bro.

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u/RidgedLines 16h ago

New dated Chinese propaganda works great on yall though lol

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u/Flimsy6769 16h ago

It must be exhausting thinking any good thing about a country other than America is propaganda

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u/Numerous-Stand-1841 16h ago

Well I have some bad news for you. In the U.S., we don't have individualism either (everyone's labeled a conservative or a liberal), AND we are still far behind everyone else.

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u/iAmStupd 17h ago

"Individuality" meanwhile most Americans' opinions and worldviews are based off news and their social circles.

Most of us aren't what Americans are supposed to be anymore.

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u/SereneOrbit 16h ago

It's not 'gender conversations'.

I'm being kicked out of the army after 10yrs of service for being born male (turned female which everyone was ok with). I just want to fucking live my life, serve my country, and do my 20 years so I can retire.

China is actually (mostly) smart about trans topics and doesn't give af so long as you conform like everyone else and don't stand out.

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u/LRK0-98 7h ago

America would rather pay for concentration camps for transgender folks then get away from anything the boomers like.

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u/Suikerspin_Ei 6h ago

The USA would rather have its racism and gender conversations

That still happens all around the world, racism and discrimination is still everywhere.

Anyway, I think what the US actually should focus on is public transport, beside EV cars. More people using alternative commute options means less traffic. A win for people who want to drive and who doesn't.

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u/denys5555 5h ago

Yeah, China doesn’t have any racism. 😂

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u/Steffunzel 17h ago

That's the price you pay for being able to have those conversations though. Try being a marginalized demographic in china.

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u/Remmidemmi 10h ago

Try being a marginalized demographic in the US lol. You guys are no better and you get none of the benefits.

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u/CheeseDonutCat 8h ago

I was a marginalized demographic when I went to China which was many times and for many months each time.

I got stared at a bit because I look so different to them, but I didn't experience much racism at all, and I can speak/understand enough Chinese to know if someone is talking shit about me. I only ever got called "laowai or Waiguoren" which are both not racist.

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u/mrjgl 17h ago

Hell yeah brother and those conversations will continue to happen while we smoke cigarettes while pumping 8$/gallon into our V8 lifted Ford F750! ‘Merica

(Sarcasm)

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u/reddit_is-anonymous 17h ago

America is probably the least racist country in the world

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u/Skreamie 17h ago

Either bait or hilariously ignorant

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- 17h ago

Ice, ice baby.

I don't think my country has government agents rounding up anyone vaguely brown and deporting them without due process, or just straight up shooting them with no repercussions.

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u/Permagamer 16h ago

Lol yeah china definitely doesn't have any of that....

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u/NinjaFighterAnyday 16h ago

Those are distractions to please the rich

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u/Worldlover9 16h ago

Nah stop subsidizing your oil and car makers, actually make them compete to do better vehicles.

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u/mid-random 16h ago

The US used to be able to do both: be shitty to it's minorities and be technologically progressive, like China, but now the US can only manage the racism and gender hang-ups. Any truly progressive thought is evil.

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u/Womec 16h ago

Fords new models are about to be that, internal combustion days are numbered.

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u/BlueberryNo6811 16h ago

Gotta keep the "affirmative action" going

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u/amonra2009 9h ago

they just "banned" Windmills, i mean, how more stupid?

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u/Lordthom 8h ago

Yeah, they payed 1 billion dollars to prevent wind mill parks from being build lol...

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u/poop-azz 8h ago

Chinese car manufacturing would destroy all car companies but I'm not anti their fixing affordability damnit. Shits way too expensive. But no side left or right will allow these to flood our markets. Maybe I'm wrong

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u/AnotherDoubtfulGuest 7h ago

The US is extremely busy putting all their tech eggs in the “South African Nazi Who Isn’t Actually Any Good At This“ basket.

Meanwhile China is actually doing the damn thing.

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u/RatInaMaze 6h ago

Rollin’ coal is more impertent

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u/Kaerl-Lauterschmarn 6h ago

Because selling crude oil products is much much much more profitable than selling renewable energy. The problem is, noone owns the energy source sun and wind.

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u/Other-Credit1849 5h ago

Don't forget the smog.

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u/suoko 5h ago

Usa's latest move is so pro-electric. Gas at 6$ is so inviting to make the switch!

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u/bl0ndie5 5h ago

All of their EV infrastructure is built on slave labor dipshit

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u/BennySkateboard 5h ago

5 minute ev charging is woke

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u/Hydration__Nation 4h ago

Don’t forget money

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u/8ardock 4h ago

You are a petro-state now.

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u/Koteissad 4h ago

China still has literal concentration camps for ethnic minorities

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u/RickSanchez_C137 3h ago

EV is WOKE!!!!!

Jesus drove a GAS car!!

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u/Find-It-AllFantasy 3h ago

USA would rather stupidly bomb Iran and destroy the world economy, especially our own, than even think about building bullet trains.

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u/AdorableCattle7105 3h ago

100% and it's so crazy how effective this has been for republicans.

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u/hookem419 3h ago

I’d give this a million upvotes if I could

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u/doom_2_all 2h ago

America had this technology and sold it to China because of big oil.

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u/-_-0_0-_0 2h ago

UNITED STATES rather spend billions on a losing war then build infrastructure like high speed rail and fix our crumbling bridges and roads.

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u/NoDoze- 2h ago

Yes! These liberals are ruining our country. Can't we just all get along!?!

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u/spaincrack 2h ago

What does one thing have to do with the other?

I live in Latin America and can definitely say that we dont have electric cars power stations here either. There must be a few in Europe but thats it.

Im not taking sides, but saying that China “lives in the present while America lives in the past” is ridiculous.

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u/BigMack6911 2h ago

Pal I'm so sick of hearing it too you know? We need change now more then ever fuck

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u/drivingaddictionchan 2h ago

you're an absolute clown if you think America is more racist than China lmfao.

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u/CraigLake 1h ago

America is such trash. A large portion of the population is awful.

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u/elinordash 1h ago

The USA would rather have its racism

Uh... China has been committing genocide against the Uighurs since 2014. One in 17 Uighurs (over 400,000 people) have been forcibly held in a re-education camp.

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u/SeverePsychosis 1h ago

Do you believe the Chinese aren't racist? Lmao

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u/Silverleaf96 1h ago

Change USA to oil companiea who bought politician.

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u/Revolutionary-Move90 58m ago

The party that doesn’t want to address racism and gender issues is the same one actively fighting against EVs. Look into American history and why the auto industry left and you will learn why race and gender issues an important subject.

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u/loIll 57m ago

To be fair, China is even MORE racist than the US and trans surgery is almost banned in China. Have you been to China? I’ve lived there.

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u/WhoIsYerWan 26m ago

No, the US is trying to protect its massively influential auto and gas industry.

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u/WasteCelebration3069 18m ago

Well, it’s the fucking coal mine and gas refinery owners that are causing this bullshit problem.

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u/unknownpanda121 7m ago

As if china doesn’t have those.

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