Someone posted a succinct wojak meme of this but it doesn’t even do it justice
Western opinion of other countries is far worse than the reality of the country is.
Chinese (or any non-west) opinion of the West, is always way more favorable than the west actually is.
Even the few anti-western things that Chinese people are exposed to (healthcare costs in US, ineffective trainbuilding in US/UK/Europe) are just material. Chinese people do not know about things like Tulsa, let alone the other 1000 massacres equivalent to Tulsa that even Americans don’t know about
Because of Chinese censorship laws, Chinese do not see the videos of American police officers releasing 50 shots into an unarmed already-detained man because a squirrel farted somewhere nearby
Anti-Western propaganda does not exist. And even a balanced reality of the West does not exist. ALL mainstream viewpoints on the PLANET are pro-western, sometimes even moreso if they DON’T speak english
Chinese people on XHS being shocked and horrified by what’s considered normal in the US is very indicative of this. They generally don’t think about us at all. The average Chinese person that hasn’t been to America probably thinks the standard of living must be high because it’s such a “rich” country. It’s amazing knowing that the US is doing anti-capitalist agitation by merely existing and being observed by normal people.
Being such a shitheap other people have trouble believing just how dire things are
But FWIW its always vindicating that for the average human, this way of life is irrational.
Yeah most of them assumed that because we’re a rich country we have a high standard of living, worker protections, a good social safety net, etc. They are shocked to learn how bad it is. Some of them said they cried when they learned that poor people sell their plasma here to buy food. This one guy just keeps making videos about healthcare costs here like “$30,000 for normal hospital birth?!?! How do any Americans afford to have a baby?!?!”
Wait other countries you don’t sell your plasma? What about eggs, sperm, blood, etc.? I think the only thing you can’t sell are organs in the US and those all come from people who have already died. Or from family/friends.