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[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I don't know man, on one hand you have a country with no structural homelessness, increasing standards of living, no legal sex industry, cheap cost of life, and massive new infrastructure

But on the other hand you have the country with a lot of dollars

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

We have dollars. We have bitcoins. We have derivatives that pay out based on the split between dollars and bitcoins. We have credit cards. We have car loans. We have bonds. We have reverse mortgages. We have indemnities. We have REITs. We have ETFs. We have high interest CDs. We have Forex markets. We have re-insured pork futures.

Hell yeah, our economy is growing. Wtf does China even have? Soybeans, silicon, and steel? Get fucked, mate.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

When I was in China in 2015 every morning when I awoke in my hotel room someone had slipped prostitutes' business cards under my door so there is definitely still a sex worker industry there (at least in Beijing and Shanghai)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Okay I corrected it by including "legal", so like contrary to Japan with brothels in the open. By "sex industry" I also mean the p*****graphic industry and like strip clubs which are totally legal elsewhere but at least banned by law in China

Also I want to add that I'm not bigoted against women who choose sex work when it's made available, but I think that a legal sex industry is a sign of deep institutional sexism for a whole range of reasons

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

It was clamped down on recently. I know this because sexpats have been whining about this non stop for years.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Yeah, but do Chinese homeowners get to feel fancy when their home values are pushed in the millions?

Didn't think so.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

idk man dollars tho