You definitely should listen to the latest season of the Revolutions podcast!
Showerthoughts
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
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Not an expert in this, but since east-asians are more family/clan oriented, i do think they are less likely to focus on individual freedom.
Why China tough? They would just be walking in the footsteps of England at that point? Totally lame!
Would be way cooler if you built a chain of rebellions: Rome -> Britannia*/England -> America -> Mars. That’s like next level independenception or something.
*caveats: Britannia did rebel, but independence came when Rome just couldn’t afford to rule Britannia any more. They weren’t kicked out.
What a take, lol. China is "not free" but the West has either hick Gestapo or German/British police officers arresting grandmas and beating up brown people to their hearts' content... These Chinese Martians wouldn't just randomly become restless, confused, unstable Westerners, btw. 🤷
China would need to go through the same social progress that Europe did during the renaissance.
So you’ll need to kill off the CCP so that the people can start getting some liberty and freedoms.