• Flax
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    1 month ago

    They literally don’t have free healthcare or schools. I have a very close friend from China. It’s a very capitalistic and conservative society from what I hear. Monopolies and conglomerates are rife.

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      1 month ago

      This is completely false. If you’re uninsured, a visit is less than ~5 USD per doctors visit, and about ~20 USD for a specialist visit.. If you’re insured, as 95% of the population in China is, then visits are free. It also has a very low cost per capita, since public health is socialized, not privatized.

      Primary school is completely free, and college has tuition fees just like any other country.

      Got any more of “I heard it from a friend?”, that people can upvote to affirm their racist biases?

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        1 month ago

        Lord of Lemmy, what makes you think I am racist?