“Right now, all of society’s savings have dried up. Hundreds of millions of people are losing their jobs and landing face first to the ground. There’s only so much money in banks, it’s not infinite. 95% of people who have houses won’t be able to sell it for the rest of their life. Only a few can cut off their own leg to escape that trap. They’re done. And we’re still dreaming of a soft landing? What a ridiculous case of having your cake and eating it too.
Who the hell is going to catch a 4-5 trillion RMB plate as it falls? Even the American Federal Reserve Bank won’t be able to save this if they wanted to. You need money to support real estate prices. But who has the money? Are you gonna support it with just words? Unless you just print a shitload of money, but is that realistic? Now, people are losing their jobs and unable to even put food on the table, and you want them to starve while they invest in real estate?
This bubble is way bigger than Japan’s, and Japan was already a developed country back in the day. Are you developed? Japan’s income only fell two years after its real estate market bubble collapsed. That’s when they fell into true despair. Look at your country. Didn’t pop the bubble beforehand, when you had time to prepare, until nobody has a job anymore, average income’s fallen by half, and now it’s a full on shitstorm, shit for brains. Now we’re right back to the good old days where getting bread is a problem now, and you’re still talking about the financial nature of houses? We need to solve the food problem right now. Anything else is just bullshit.”
Comments say, “If you’re this unhappy about China, why don’t you just leave?”
“Right now, the only thing that can save everyone is to have a complete and total reform. Cut off your arm to save your life. Completely settle all the illegal gains the current elites are hoarding, and change our foreign policy. That’s how you go down in history.”
“I wonder if our generation is gonna go down in history as great sinners?”
An askreddit question, “How fast is China developing?”
The top-reply is, “It’s developing so fast that we’ve completed one full pendulum swing within three generations.
My grandpa is a true communist.
My dad and aunt are neo-liberals, hardcore America fans.
I’m a true communist.”
Comments say, “My grandpa fought in the Korean War. My dad went up the mountains and into the villages [a movement during the cultural revolution to relocate students to rural villages], and I’m deep red. Welcome all emigrants to come fight me.”
“I was a bit of a westaboo in college too, and now I’m a true communist. Thank you, internet.”
“So, based on this pattern, I’m gonna guess your child is going to be a big American fan then.”
Lately, a man was ruled guilty in a case of rape, where he attempted to have sex with his fiancee, she said no, resisted, and eventually attempted to flee from him, and he chased her down two flights of stairs, hit her, and dragged her back up, breaking a bone in the process. This incident has sparked a lot of discussion online, and this particular blogger writes, “Every since yesterday, a lot of people have been fearmongering about “marital rape”. I think they’ve definitely got ulterior motives.
I’m not saying that marital rape doesn’t exist. That’s obviously not true. But marital rape is extremely unlikely, where the rates are so close to zero it might as well not exist. Let’s look at two particular cases.
The first case of marital rape in China happened in 1989, in Henan. The couple was already working through the divorce process. The wife was abducted home by the man and his family and raped repeatedly. And ultimately, the husband was convicted of rape and sentenced to 6 years.
1999, there was a similar case in Shanghai. A judge had already signed off on their divorce, but it hadn’t come into effect yet, and they were still living together. When the man got home that day, he forced himself on the woman who was packing up her things to leave. He was also convicted of rape.
In China in general, the number of cases of “marital rape” can be counted on one hand, and this is the only form it ever takes. And really, what are the chances of this happening to a normal person? What’s the point of exaggerating the risks of marital rape?”
Comments say, “The times are changing. Based on the Women’s News explanation, consenting before doesn’t mean consenting now. And even if they did consent, they could take it back any time. You have to watch out, big lawyer guy.”
“I don’t deny that rape can happen between a husband and wife, but we can’t only listen to the woman. There needs to be evidence of the whole event that backs each other up, otherwise, we’re gonna see some shit go down in rape convictions.”
“What if she consented to the first thrust and not the second? Aren’t the current laws ridiculous precisely because even if she agreed at the time, she could change her mind after the fact?”
Under the hashtag #Over 964 million people in China make less than 2000 RMB per month, a blogger writes, “I don’t know much about economics, but I can give an example that shows how problematic this hashtag is.
My cousin is married with three kids, and owns two houses in the small town he’s in, with cars, one electric car, and a motorcycle. He’s well known among our relatives for being really good with money, and he takes care of his parents financially too. But his entire family would count among the 964 million people who make less than 2000 a month.
Because his three kids are still going to school, so he has to pay insurance for them. His wife works a job that pays about 2000 a month in their small town. And although he makes hundreds of thousands every year, after paying taxes, giving some money to his parents, and paying off all the insurance, the money he gets on hand is really less than 2000 per month per member of his family. I guess he’d count as one of the “desperately poor” on social media too.”
Comments say, “Yeah, the whole research before about how over 600 million people make less than 1000 a month” is also super misleading like that. They were saying, “You can’t afford rent in a medium-size city on that,” which is ridiculous, when you consider that 76% of these people are in rural villages, and most of them are in the central western region. They’re all old people—why would they go rent houses in medium-size cities? And if they did go to a medium size city, any random job they could find would pay more than 1000 a month.”
“Does your cousin really represent the majority, though?”
“I feel like this 964 million number definitely forgot to eliminate the people who are going to school and not making money yet.”
“Even if your cousin accounts for half of the cases, that means there’s still almost 500 million people who make less than 2000 a month.”
“This is the profiles of some of the members from a matchmaking agency in Xiaoshan, for men who want to marry into a woman’s family. This is the most basic of their members.
The agency says that they’ve never lacked for male clients. Plenty of men sign up. Women don’t own the dating market, and they don’t outnumber men either. It’s more than there’s always gonna be few rich people and more poor people.
And comparatively speaking, women are much more generous than men. At least, they’re very clear about how much money they can give you, and they never go back on their word.
Men aren’t like that. Not only will they find a way to get their money back, they’ll also force you to have kids and force you into sex.”
A couple of the profiles here: “Male, 30, 176cm, Bachelor’s, short previous marriage, no kids, interior designer, has car, has commercial real estate, responsible.”
“Male, 28, 170cm, Master’s, unmarried, civil servant, happy-go-lucky, strong work ethic.”
“Male, 37, 165cm, GED, unmarried, electrician, moral, upstanding, caring.”
“Male, 28, 170cm, Bachelor’s, unmarried, Level 8 English, works in export, good income, good looking, good manners.”
Comments say, “165cm, 170cm, and no worthwhile diplomas, and they want to marry into a woman’s family??”
“Lol. They’re so shameless about taking advantage of people.”
“??? What the fuck is that 37-year-old, 165cm dude doing?”
“But even if they marry into your family, you still have to take care of his parents when they get sick, because they’re his direct family.”
“Did you guys see the news about Grandpa Qian Baiyi? A bunch of young people say a starving homeless old man sleeping on a bridge, and asked and found out he had stomach cancer. He didn’t have long to live, and had been kicked out by his family because they couldn’t afford his medical bills. To make his remaining days a little more comfortable, these young people found a place for him to live, took care of him every day, took him travelling to Beijing, and a ton of kinds people on the internet donated too. I was really touched at the time.
Well, there was a plot twist yesterday. This old guy didn’t have stomach cancer at all, and he wasn’t abandoned by his family. And he’s only 56 years old, and he’d spent 13 of it in prison. Those young people have deleted all the videos they’ve made. Their hearts probably got thoroughly chilled. I suppose they’re never going to try to help other people again.”
Comments say, “Most old people are pretty evil. I try to never be nice to people.”
“13 years in prison…he had to have done some pretty major crimes then.”
“Every time I start feeling sorry for someone, I remind myself that I should be feeling sorry for myself instead.”
what was the word that got translated into "westaboo"?