You know, i'm not envious of their living standards, even though they are better than mine. I'm glad for them. The part that actually almost makes me angry is how well he understands western societies. He understands us better than the vast majority of us do ourselves. And certainly better than we understand the other way around.

I spend a lot of time making an effort trying to educate and inform myself not only about the society that i live in but about others too, China in particular. And i still feel i have no hope of understanding China to the level that this guy understands the West. What kind of superhuman education do they receive over there and why can't we have it?

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Imagine learning dialectical materialism and historical materialism not just from books, but in a structured setting from people who have been practicing and developing it for 75 years, at a college level.

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