I'm sitting here in South Africa, just scratching my head at the world. I guess this is why half of the people in the USA are so adamant about freedom, and not giving up freedoms. From where I'm looking, the news channels like CNN push fear porn onto the left about what would happen if everything slides too far to the right. Meanwhile, FOX news pushes fear porn onto the right about what would happen if everything slides too far to the left - and I think that picture is a lot like what you've described in Shanghai.
South Africa is its own story - and it will be interesting to see how things turn out here!
Yeah that's the thing. No matter how ridiculous and radical left and right tend to be, that's really a symptom of their comparative luxury and comfort in the middle of those extremes.
They're dissatisfied and bored because they have the luxury of time and freedom to think and speak about them in the first place. Others such as here are not so fortunate, and people should really appreciate that more!
I've heard pretty awful things still going on in SA, though I'm mostly uninformed compared to where I live, obviously. But it does seem like another place one should be raising awareness about.
Your comment reminds me of a comedian, who was on stage in the USA, but visiting from a poor country... And his punchline was "getting offended is something only privileged people do..." which challenged his audience but I think he was right.
There's no time to get offended when you're too busy trying to survive.