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[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

996 sounds like amazing labour conditions

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Believe it or not, present in the US and other Western Countries as well. I would know, I have been forced into that before, and I even saw worse. Working hours for Chinese citizens are on par with developed countries while doing far more industrial production. Propaganda generally works by taking a kernal of truth and exaggerating its scope or minimizing it, not normally by outright lying.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Literally allowed in practice

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No actually, you're just a racist making assumptions.

[–] TheBeege@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Not necessarily. You don't know why they're making that claim.

I live in Korea, where the letter of the labor laws are quite strong. However, they're not enforced. Workers don't sue companies because they're either afraid to rock the boat due to cultural norms or afraid they will develop a reputation and become unhirable.

Korea and China are very distinct cultures, but there are key facets that are common between them. Confucian (or at least neo-Confucian in Korea) values prioritize maintaining the peace and deferring to authority. This is one of several factors that causes Koreans to endure intense working hours, and I'm more willing to believe Chinese folks overwork a lot due to the few shared values.

[–] Draces@lemmy.world -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're also making assumptions though. And like pointed out elsewhere, mentioning Tiananmen Square still gets silenced so we're kinda forced to assume one way or another and I generally don't believe the state that is doing the silencing. That's not racist and it's messed up to jump to that accusation so quickly

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Draces@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There's a concerning amount of gaslighting going on in this thread. There absolutely was and is silencing going on around Tiananmen Square: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre#Contemporary_issues

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What about the Tiananmen square massacre?

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You understand my claim is that there topic gets censored right? None of that is even attempting to be evidence to the contrary. I guess you're trying to say they're stomping down on lies spreading? That's still censorship and I am still highly sceptical of a state that does that. It's so weird that you want to eat that up. You weren't there. You have to, again like I said, make assumptions about which sources to believe

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

Anyone can search for the june 4th incident there, its not censored. You've been eating up western propaganda for their failed color revolution.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There’s a concerning amount of gaslighting, so here’s a NATOpedia link.

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well you're clearly a nato spy doing a counter psyop so I can ignore anything you say too. See how dumb that sounds?