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I guess the biggest bloomer moment would be when I first visited a couple AES countries at the start of this year, while on my way to lib island. It was amazing to finally be in a place where Communism wasn't a fringe ideology maligned by seemingly everyone, where there wasn't part of me that felt crazy because of it. But more than that, the very fact that I was in a place where Socialism was actively being built made me feel optimistic.
Which countries, if you don't mind sharing?
China, Laos and (only after having already started my studies in lib island) Vietnam. In China, I was in Shaanxi, Hunan and Guangxi (as well as Yunnan to go to Laos but I got sick so I didn't even see much of Kunming, and Taiwan since that is where I'm studying this semester). I plan on seeing much more of China later on since I'll study in Shanghai from next year onwards.
Hey congrats on studying in Taiwan regardless. Yeah, kind of libby but I’ve heard a lot of cool things about it.
Yes it's pretty cool over here, the people are friendly, the food is great and I have made some progress with my mandarin. However I'm kind of glad I didn't take any of the classes related to the PRC, since I've heard from other people that these classes in particular are riddled with brainworms; the classes that I took, at least, are only just as much brainwormed as those back in France. Also it's kind of funny how many people like Trump here.