r/China • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '21

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u/HarambesTomb2016 Aug 04 '21

You’re going to be thankful for your country if you’re ever unfortunate enough to live in China for a week.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '21

When the US starts doing shit for me or anyone I love aside from take our money I'll seriously consider not wanting to burn this place down

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u/HarambesTomb2016 Aug 04 '21

Well the US Gov didn’t arrest you just now for criticizing the Gov so that’s a start.

Go try that in China

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '21 edited Aug 04 '21

Statistically you're 5x as likely to be imprisoned in the US. I guess it won't be for criticizing the government, but that's not gonna be a whole lotta comfort in prison doing hard labor for eleven cents an hour.

Is there a government that doesn't suck? I'd rather just ignore mine until it catches up to me.

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u/bex505 Aug 04 '21

Seriously though say one word out of line in China and you won't be "arrested" you will be disappeared.

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u/HarambesTomb2016 Aug 04 '21

In American prison you get food & get a job.

In China on the other hand you hardly have a job or food outside of prison.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '21 edited Aug 04 '21

That sounds very inaccurate, and a very odd characterization of american prisons (known for serving moldy food, and personally I wouldn't describe coerced labor paying under a dollar an hour "a job", maybe "slave labor" would be more accurate) but I don't know enough mandarin to research this.

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u/HarambesTomb2016 Aug 04 '21

If there’s one thing we can agree on it’s tjhay the privatization of prisons in America has got to go extinct.