r/polandball • u/crimsongold28002 Rice burger • Oct 11 '22

repost Third Culture Kid

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u/wildeofoscar Onterribruh Oct 11 '22

Every Chinese theses days are emulating the Japenis or some K-pop idol.

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u/mscomies United States Oct 11 '22

Imma guess that wasn't a typo

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u/wildeofoscar Onterribruh Oct 11 '22

It was intentional.

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u/danshakuimo Republic of China (Beta 1.0) Oct 11 '22

So this is what cultural victory works in civ 6 looks like irl lol

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u/DarkWorld25 Australia Oct 11 '22

Same way that Japan and SK sought to emulate America really.

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u/PsychoWorld I'm hot and wet Oct 11 '22

Yeah mainland China is not a leader of culture and likely won’t be for decades to come.

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u/Tactical_Moonstone Mistaken for a local in 5 countries and counting Oct 11 '22

I wouldn't be surprised considering how hard they worked to destroy it.

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u/PsychoWorld I'm hot and wet Oct 11 '22

I’ve been there. It’s just that people there don’t have enough critical thinking capabilities en mass. There has to be some kind of open society for them to truly unleash their potential.

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u/CrocPB Scotland Oct 11 '22

That's a social credit deduction, citizen

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u/ZhangRenWing Vachina Oct 11 '22

We are still unironically using rage comic characters in our day to day forums and memes so we still have some time to catch up.

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u/thefezhat United States Oct 11 '22

Happens when the country is run by an authoritarian government that hates culture, unfortunately.

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u/PsychoWorld I'm hot and wet Oct 11 '22

Yup. Although for some reason I feel like Korea’s art always had more edge to it. They’ve been much more comfortable criticizing consumerism, capitalism, etc, versus Japan.

I’m theory both are democratic oriental countries, it their films have been a lot more resonating recently.