I mean… I kinda get it, but nowadays it’s starting to get absurd.

(EDIT: This was supposed to be a “blow air out my nose and get on with my life” meme…)

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    Tradition is big. E.g TCM crap over science

    You cannot disagree with the state

    Stokes fear and hatred of outsiders

    Blames social frustrations on those outsiders

    Appeals to restore past glory

    Han ethnic supremacy

    You could go through all of Eco’s points and apply them to China pretty fittingly.

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      You cannot disagree with the state

      Technically you could make thinly-veiled criticisms against local governments, but just not the central government or Xi Jingping

      Or you can talk shit about the government behind closed doors, there are no telescreens like Orwell’s 1984.

      TCM crap over science

      That shit is fucking annoying. My mom keep telling me anti-depressants are bad 😓

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      Ok what about Robert Paxton’s? Those are a lot better thought out as his actual focus is fascism rather than it being a side gig like it is for Eco.