Children of the Yuan Percent: Everyone Hates China's Rich Kids

Post by ido » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 3:05 PM UTC

dragontamer wrote: post #41

vijayr wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

even if food is not. Good food is not cheap. In NYC, we pay 8$ for a decent sized watermelon - almost all fruits are expensive, and most vegetables too. Only shitty food like chips, soda, candy, fast food etc are cheap.

Watermelons are out of season dude. They're only cheap in the summer. Its fall, so citrus (ie: oranges, tangerines) and apples are now cheap. Carrots, Celery, Potatoes, Oats (Oatmeal), Breakfast Cereal, Cereal Cereal, Onions, Kidney Beans, Green Beans, Milk make a good baseline for a cheap and nutritious meals year round. You grab Broccoli in the Winter, Pineapples and Lettuce in the Spring, Cherries and Watermelons…

Post by LiweiZ » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC

blisterpeanuts wrote: post #20

I visited China in 1982, when the capitalist revolution was just getting started. Such wealth did not exist, but there was a deep, simmering anger among the people over Communist corruption and general unfairness and inequity. I witnessed it personally. Now that there's a bit more prosperity and availability of material goods, but still no freedom and still a simmering resentment of government corruption, this fuerda…

Post by roymurdock » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 3:10 PM UTC

jb613 wrote: post #45

An underlying motif of the article seems to be that the fuerdai not only do not want to work hard but also that they only deserve the best jobs. One example: "It’s no surprise that most fuerdai, after summering in Bali and wintering in the Alps, reading philosophy at Oxford and getting MBAs from Stanford, are reluctant to take over the family toothpaste cap factory." However, at least some of the parents fortunes cam…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 3:13 PM UTC

o0-0o wrote: post #54

blisterpeanuts wrote: post #20

I visited China in 1982, when the capitalist revolution was just getting started. Such wealth did not exist, but there was a deep, simmering anger among the people over Communist corruption and general unfairness and inequity. I witnessed it personally. Now that there's a bit more prosperity and availability of material goods, but still no freedom and still a simmering resentment of government corruption, this fuerda…

Large scale social unrest is just what the communists fear the most. To me, that's not worrisome - it's hopeful. Just opining, and I understand that the collateral costs would be worrisome for everyone in the short term.

Post by guelo » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 3:18 PM UTC

roymurdock wrote: post #31

Funny to think that China was reforged under communist ideals only 50 years ago, and that the hatred of the poor rural folk for the wealthy, corrupt royals and warlords was strong enough to unite allow the country to expel the Japanese, the British, and the KMT. It's my view that the standard of living for the poor and lower classes has improved enough that there would not be enough hatred to fuel a revolution. Disgu…