"I didn't say per Capita" bro that's exactly what you should expect of aid. No one is expecting idk, Lesotho to name some random small nation to give billions and billions in aid.
Per capita and percentage of sovereign wealth are the two main metrics people would judge off, not total amounts.
Same lol. Trying to go back to college but I havent done it at all before and not sure where to begin. And being 28, it's not like I have the naive "oh I'll just get a cool awesome job that respects me and this won't be an issue anymore!" that younger twenties get, I'm all aware Im basically putting myself into worsening debt slavery just for the hope of doing slightly more fulfilling than living with my parents (maybe I can get a shitty apartment instead!) and listening to a bunch of 70 year olds get pissed about their order.
WTF why does he have gray hair at 36
Pretty easy to go on dating sites rn and see things like "no darkies" or other wording that makes it clear they don't date any minority so it's not just Asian guys.
The idea of a dating site where they're all like "yep black people and Hispanics and middle eastern folk are all ok to me, it's just the Asians and nothing else" is pretty bad NGL. No dude, they get treated just the same.
If there's one thing I can get behind with Neoliberalism, it's their infatuation for Georgist rhetoric. Land should not be an appreciating asset on its own, put it to work you greedy capitalist pig or lose your worth
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I don't think so. I think there's always been a larger undercurrent of pedophilia than people realized or accepted. In many cases, it's basically "mainstream" like how a lot of female grooming (removing body hair, getting rid of wrinkles, etc) is about appearing younger and childlike.
Some of the issue is also that teens are just a bit more sexual than we want to believe too. There's a reason why "lying on the age verification of a porn site" is so common, those 15 year olds want to look at boobs just like any adult does. There's a reason why most sane societies have things like Romeo and Juliet laws and allow teens to get with other teens.
Teenagers are horny as shit and we need to stop pretending otherwise. The issue with all this stuff lies with predatory adults who come in and try to exploit them in their naivety.
There were some officials (remember, we are talking about real people) who engaged in abuse.
This is such an important part here and something that I think we often forget when criticizing countries. Individual accounts of abuse are bad, and certainly a flaw in the system that they are allowed to occur in the way they do but there's a large difference between systemic failure vs systemic empowerment.
I have absolutely no doubt that some of the Real People dealing in Xianjang were abusive in some shape and form. That's how people just are, there's always power hungry abusive assholes seeking roles of power and even the best attempts to weed them out perfectly is going to find that an impossible battle. You're always going to have to be some level of reactive with abuse of power because plenty of them are quite skilled at hiding themselves.
The question of Xianjang is not "Did any abuse at all occur?" but if it (particulary the more standout examples) was systemic and intentional at the higher levels. This question seems very largely to be a resounding no, but I would have no doubt believing that a few lower level officials certainly did some awful things.
Honestly even people here often fall for the same thinking, I remember feeling the same way about the border sterilization case. Was if a horrible thing? Yeah, but it doesn't seem to be drastically systemic as border policy. Was it a failure that it occured at all? Yeah to some degree, but no system can be perfect when the broken cogs disguise themselves.
And also of course you have to keep in mind that in any country on the planet, minds do differ. The degrees on which they differ and how often change based off cultures, but you and I wouldn't exist here to begin with if that wasn't true. There are lots of pro LGBT movements and party members too, and like the rest of the world this seems to be divided pretty heavily along age. And really, China as a whole isn't behind most of the rest of Asia.
Most of the criticisms made towards China on LGBT rights can be rightfully made towards Japan as well, and yet (many) pro LGBT westerners still seem capable of understanding that there are progressive Japanese movements and organizations too.
I mean yeah it's completely true that in a perfect world we shouldn't be attacking people for having small dicks or being short or whatever, but I also do think there can be some contextual usage there too. A person who prides themselves off of being "Grrr I'm rugged traditional conservative white man who rules over women and minorities" is going to be particularly irritated if it's pointed out that he's short. Men with ego issues might be better pointed out as "They're compensating for their self esteem issues" but I also can acknowledge it's funnier to say that they have a small dick because that makes them very very upset and is likely a part of their self esteem problems to begin with. These hypermasculine conservative assholes and their idealogy is after all, one of the major creators of these self esteem issues around men being "too short" or dicks being "too small" to begin with.
On the other hand there is a very valid point "This hurts the good people with self esteem issues over their body just as much" so I try to refrain from it overall, but I do think that hypocrisy can be pointed out sometimes. Like a Nazi "superior race" dude being traditionally unattractive or disabled or something else the Nazis would hate seems fine to point out.
Have you ever talked to a transphobe? Like 80% of them believe that the LGBT Order is coming to force castrate them any minute now. Absolutely nuts.
Conservative / libertarianism in general tends to pride itself on being anti authority and anti-establishment "Drain the swamp" even when they control society.
Parents are essential for student growth and education but that doesn't make them responsible for all of it. The entire point of school is to take on the the major burden of teaching kids with expertise and efficiency and providing a place for children to be with other children.