What a foolish thing to say. Maybe oppression only feels like freedom to you because you're not the one bearing the brunt of it.
There's always someone admiring the boot when they're not the one being crushed under it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/opinion/china-education-parenting-culture.html
@sarahemclaugh I think the relevant signal that rarely gets talked about is the opinion of the median Chinese person.
This should not be the only signal considered---too many Americans, for too long, were very comfortable with the notion that slavery was a fine arrangement. But over in the English-speaking world I hear a lot of "It must be terrible for them" that Chinese people I've talked to find ranges from under-informed to absurd.
@mtomczak Ok, but even if that's the case, it doesn't change the fact that there is a huge degree of human suffering for many people that live under this system