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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

China's bourgeoisie are just as insufferable, or even more, than those in the west. I watched a doc a while ago, and there was this long extended scene where a bunch of them go to a simulation of a fancy French dinner party. Like they want to be westerners so badly it hurts, but all the can muster is this type of tacky simulacra. A bit like the housing developments in Dubai, which are just (bad) simulations of other regions in the world, a bit like those images.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Accidentally deleted my comment

There's a ton of them (bourgeoisie) that live in orange county so my guess is this was the doing of some developer that went back from California.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

"Having problems expatriating your capital? Don't worry, I will bring Orange County to you!!"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can undelete the comment just by pressing the delete button a second time

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Oh sick thanks. I've got old person brain.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

On the bright side, China being a socialist country that retains an extant bourgeoisie class firmly leashed by the CPC means we get to see billionaires get executed occasionally for their crimes against humanity. That's a novelty I'm not sure exists anywhere else in the world.