• Sleepless One@lemmy.ml
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    30 years from now, a billboard rises in Shanghai. On it, a woman in a traditional ethnic peasant dress strikes a ballet pose. The text reads:

    Christly Rhythm Artes Troupe

    Europe before air conditioning.

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    21 hours ago

    Meanwhile on America: this is why I’ve been saying for years that they should all just get AC already. At this point they’re just being contrary.

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    I hear Europeans might even start showering more than once a month now. The planet won’t be able to withstand this

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    This is funny but is it responding to something specific about AC in China? I feel like I’m missing context

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      It’s responding to the persistent propaganda narrative that modernizing poverty-stricken rural areas of China like Tibet and Xinjiang is somehow a “cultural genocide.” By providing education, modern technology, and resources to these areas, it’s been argued that the people in these areas are somehow lesser for joining the 21st century.

      Also the criticism of China daring to increase its electricity consumption as it raises 800 million people out of extreme poverty, instead of cutting back on energy usage like Europe is (ignoring that China still uses less than 1/10th the energy usage per capita, 1/2 per capita in rich areas.)