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If you could live in any socialist country what would it be? (lemmygrad.ml)

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Just a fun question I thought of.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well ... I prefer Cuba because they speak the same language as me ( both dialects of the Spanish are very similar ) we share a big history with them and I always wanted to be part of the Partido Comunista de Cuba .

We in my country call Cuba ‘Hermana Mayor’ ( Big Sister ) and us ‘Hermana menor’ ( Little Sister ). We have a lot of things in common and we share the same culture, traditions , folklore, gastronomy, music and dances and more.

As my people say in the island : ‘ A Cuba hay que seguir ’ ( Cuba must be followed ).

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

DPRK.

I hate to sound like a fetishist or even as if I'm approaching that point. I am very much a white Amerikan guy, family tree of settlers all the way down.

That being said, I feel a deep perhaps inexplicable kinship with Korean revolutionaries. I have never felt so inspired as I was when I first learned about the history of Korea and their unceasing struggles for liberation and resistance.

Reading Kim Il-sung has been more elucidating than literally any other Marxist author or orator. The man was a genius with a steeled brain and warm heart. Nothing has both pulled my heartstrings and sent my synapses firing on all cylinders than beginning to understand the Juche idea.

The cold would not bother me. Any destitution would not bother me. I would be contributing to the construction of one of the strongest and greatest socialist projects on the face of the earth.

Forgive any cringe. My heart, my life for Korean independence and the Korean people. 만세!

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

I'm in a similar boat. I have nothing but respect for the people of the DPRK. I think living there or China would be amazing. That being said I think I'd be too ashamed to try and live in NK. Like I know I wasn't even born when the US massacred them and have nothing to do with how our country continues to fuck them over, but I just can't get over it. Like every day I'd feel like I should just apologize to someone. That and idk how I could even contribute to their society. There's nothing I feel I could do that someone in their country couldn't do just as well or better. I honestly feels that way I couldn't go to China either. I just have nothing that makes me stand out to be truly worth it other than just wanting to live and work peaceful.

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

I really, really, really wish I could just live in the PRC, but alas, I feel like it would remain a pipe dream; because I don't really imagine I'd be able to, or even be allowed to stay; given that I feel like most CompSci jobs in the PRC have already been taken by others.

Even if not, I don't imagine I'd be lucky enough to have a job in the PRC to just fall on me; even after many attempts. Even if I do get a job, there's no guarantee I'd be able to be a Permanent Resident there.

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

It's surprisingly easy to get a teaching job in the PRC and stay for an extended period of time. And I've seen several job postings for CS teachers that are waiting to be filled (WeChat is extremely handy for a job search). From what I understand the pay and work hours are much better for teachers than they would be at a tech company.

Permanent residence is another matter. The good news is that it is becoming easier to get in some municipalities (basically Shanghai). We'll see how long it takes to expand to the rest of the country.

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

Really? I wonder if there'll still be a seat/position left for me by the time I go to the PRC. I think I'll give WeChat a spin sometime.

Still deciding if I should go to the PRC for my Masters or for my PHD, since my main goal is to find another country to start a new life in, to come out of the closet without worrying about mobs or lgbtphobic family members. Don't wanna risk it and wind up having to come back...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The better way is to finish PhD or MsC in your country, then go to China. Chinese schools are oriented toward Chinese people and their customs. But they value a high quality foreign experts. You can go there as a postdoc, even for 6 years, and if you like it, you can stay there at university or a company.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thing is, I plan on leaving my country for somewhere better after I complete my BSc. I have two more years left. I have no intentions of doing MSc/PhD in my country.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

OK, but I am not sure whether you can further study in China in English. Unless you know Mandarin very well.

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

I don't mind enrolling in Mandarin. I actually was studying Mandarin, for fun a while back. I stopped a while back, but I can resume that if need be. (I was learning through HelloChinese, but at some point it asks you to pay to continue... wouldn't have been a problem if I had a Card or a Chinese Payment System or whatever they're accepting, as I can afford it)

My current Mandarin skills are, I'd say HSK 0.1. So. Obviously not great, but that can be mended in time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just as an example there are 32 Graduate level programs taught in English at Tsinghua, and as far as I am aware most universities of a certain stature have programs taught in English (of varying quality) and will also have classes to teach the Chinese language to international students.

There are also USA and UK universities that have partnered with Chinese universities that offer many programs taught in English, like Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University and New York University: Shanghai.

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

Tsinghua needs their students to be at least HSK 4-5 to be able to enroll though.

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

I lived 3,5 year in PRC and it was a great pleasure, but coast cities as Shanghai and Guangzhou are westernized and I do not count them as the real China, i.e., the cities in the country center

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alternate timeline USSR where it never fell down the revisionist slope and collapsed

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

if i had a time machine i would just go back to 1983 and give Andropov my kidney

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

Cuba is probably the one i have the most cultural affinity with, so it would not be that hard to adapt and learn the language. But i also can't survive in warm climates, so northern china it is

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