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Originally Posted by allinontheturn
Fun Fact (that I'm not certain is a fact):
Traditional Chinese Medicine had a revival during the Communist Revolution even though most leaders didn't believe in it because it:
a) Served a political purpose vis a vis nationalism and anti-colonialism
b) They knew they didn't have the resources to provide healthcare to the population so believing in traditional Chinese medicine was a way to "meet the needs" of the population on the cheap.
Brutal. Sounds legit though.
Overall, while there are obvious disadvantages, I can't complain. Big step up because of extremely low social dysfunction, extremely high parental investment in offspring, no massive dysgenic reproduction patterns, high trust, very low out of wedlock birthrate (big cause of point 1), nearly non existent violent crime, relatively capitalistic for us little guys, extremely low taxes.
Still a ****hole tho.