Really shook up lol, like its just insane whats normal to us is just… so alien to some others, i have a feeling of being blessed every time i open youtube or lemmy rn😭

    • respectmahauthoritybrah@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      2 days ago

      Haha that was a great video, but nopes i wasnt freaking about over the government supposedly regulating haircuts or its nuclear powers or anything… the most destabilizing and dangerous country in the world today is literally US backed… it was more about the insane level of censorship and freedom of expression and tbh the biggest one being totally cut off from the outside world… Also US isnt the only country in the world…

      • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        Speaking of haircuts, in Qing dymasty, I think men had to wear like a weird ponytail thing. Older societies do regulate how you look and dress.

        I’m glad that shit is gone and now people can wear shirts and shorts… imagine being in Qing dyansty and like… its summer… jeez that’s so much suffering… a tiny bit of exposed skin is indecent… fucking “traditional” ideals lmao.

        Like CCP is bad, but when you look at Qing dynasty, its like a whole another level of shittiness.

    • powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      It really is about as backwards as you imagine. People defending them generally attack claims that were never made. For example, direct from the state propaganda machine:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_trim_our_hair_in_accordance_with_the_socialist_lifestyle

      In the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang, hidden cameras were placed to catch citizens with improper hairstyles. This was part of a television programme broadcast at the same time as Let’s Trim Our Hair in Accordance with the Socialist Lifestyle. The offenders would then be interviewed by the presenter and asked to explain themselves. Their name, address and workplace would be announced to embarrass them in the hopes that fear of such social ostracism would influence others’ behavior.