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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Jfc it's hard reading each of those children's names, thinking about them each having a family..

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

As bad as it may sound, remember that, during Imperial China, they would all just lose their head, like the Emperor would literally order your head to be cut off. It could've been much worse.

There's also the existence of eunuchs in ancient Chinese governments. Having your business chopped off in order to become a member of the leadership in your country takes a different set of values and priorities.

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

But before CCP wasn't it ROC, not imperial China?

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[+] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago*

It sounds like that's what I'm talking about. It was Imperial -> ROC -> PRC, not Imperial -> PRC.

The only progress was ROC. PRC was worse.

It's like saying "Oh you don't like Trump fucking up everything in our government so it's way more authoritarian? Well it's much better than when the US was imperial England, so it's still progress."

There's a step missing.

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

As much as I despise the PRC, thank you for making this point. It always bothers me when people ignore the progress made in the modern era - things may be horrible now, but goddamn were they worse in the past.

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Everything was worse at some point earlier on. That doesnt mean much. PRC came from ROC, so it wasn't progress.