• r_se_random@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    I base my opinion on multiple people I personally know who moved from China to SG, because they were unhappy with the kind of control government maintained over any public criticism. I won’t pretend that I remember all the instances they’ve mentioned, but I know better than to reject the claims of the countries citizen when they have some concerns. I won’t pretend that I know better than the people living in the damned country.

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      We all know Chinese people, dude, there’s 1.4 billion of them lmao. That doesn’t make you an authority on their opinion and the sample size is negligible to say the least. 95 percent of them, according to Harvard, are happy with the government.

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        12 hours ago

        I never claimed to be an authority, and there’s a reason I mentioned it was my opinion.

        And again, it’s not like there could be selection biases in a Harvard study. That absolutely never happens.

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          And again, it’s not like there could be selection biases in a Harvard study. That absolutely never happens.

          Jesus dude, just admit that nothing could ever be enough to change your mind.

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          The only biases that Harvard could pull would be AGAINST the interests of the CPC, that’s the point. You wouldn’t accept a Chinese poll because of racism/chauvinism so I provide overwhelming proof even on your terms and the answer is “em, uh, nu uh”.