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I don't think freedom actually matters relative to other things, like development. It's overdone chigger nonsense atp but put your average US street in comparison to China, or even Taiwan to China for that matter:
Having been to both, Taipei outside the main streets feels like a dilapidated American city (much like Detroit), whereas China (Beijing atleast) feels like a high-end shopping mall, though in both places I was with other Americans. When walking over Taipei's potholes, cockroaches and exposed wires I kept thinking about how this was the price to pay for "muh freedumb" - the freedom to run your AC at 18C, pay for things with cash (it's absurd how often even official things will want cash here), have pisspoor wifi that lets me post here without a VPN, etc etc. I'd be hard pressed to think that if Taiwanese weren't entrenched through the civil war they wouldn't think the same. And no, your average Taiwanese doesn't relish in these freedoms - they would probably support annexation by Beijing if it meant a substancial increase in QoL like observed on the Mainland. Which brings me to my main point
The average American doesn't care about freedom. Xitter users will call them cattle but it's just true. The average American wants trains to run frequently and on time, wants cheaper gas, and other quality of life things that fundamentally do not necessitate having the freedom to call people trannies on the Internet. It baffles me to think that we've basically traded any semblance of QoL for these "freedoms" that make our countries much less efficient and productive at the expense of our own futures.
I don't think freedom matters, AMA
I don't think freedom actually matters relative to other things, like development. It's overdone chigger nonsense atp but put your average US street in comparison to China, or even Taiwan to China for that matter:
Having been to both, Taipei outside the main streets feels like a dilapidated American city (much like Detroit), whereas China (Beijing atleast) feels like a high-end shopping mall, though in both places I was with other Americans. When walking over Taipei's potholes, cockroaches and exposed wires I kept thinking about how this was the price to pay for "muh freedumb" - the freedom to run your AC at 18C, pay for things with cash (it's absurd how often even official things will want cash here), have pisspoor wifi that lets me post here without a VPN, etc etc. I'd be hard pressed to think that if Taiwanese weren't entrenched through the civil war they wouldn't think the same. And no, your average Taiwanese doesn't relish in these freedoms - they would probably support annexation by Beijing if it meant a substancial increase in QoL like observed on the Mainland. Which brings me to my main point
The average American doesn't care about freedom. Xitter users will call them cattle but it's just true. The average American wants trains to run frequently and on time, wants cheaper gas, and other quality of life things that fundamentally do not necessitate having the freedom to call people trannies on the Internet. It baffles me to think that we've basically traded any semblance of QoL for these "freedoms" that make our countries much less efficient and productive at the expense of our own futures.
I don't think freedom matters, AMA
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