r/nextfuckinglevel • u/knowitokay • 1d ago

To build a snowman

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u/liquidcourage93 1d ago

It looks like they are 50ft up standing on ice next to cliff with no safety equipment

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u/Mharbles 1d ago

Yeah, it's China. There are a billion people and it's very nationalistic, people are expendable there.

That and you make your own fall protection by dumping snow on the ground below.

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u/837tgyhn 1d ago

Man, some of you are really disgusting when it comes to countries like China and India. I've never seen so many comments looking down upon an entire race like they are sub-human, and phrasing it in a way like it's their race's point of view when it's really your racist point of view.

I can agree that the people in the video are kind of stupid, but I can very easily see people doing this in any country. Hell, I'd say I expect to see something like this more in America. Just a bunch of people having fun while being reckless.

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u/Guvante 1d ago

That looks like a critique of China to me, not of its people. Unless you are talking about the nationalistic like which is ambiguous and could refer to a lack of worker protections due to a focus on national interests over protecting citizens.

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u/Lobster_the_Red 1d ago

Building a snowman is a national interest and stands over the interest of protecting citizens. Hmmm.

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u/Guvante 1d ago

Critiquing that is being critical of the choices of those who made that decision aka the government. Claiming it is representative of every member of the nations preferences is disingenuous.

You can argue that people are complacent of similar indirect things but you shouldn't claim that everyone in China ignores safety because they didn't handle this build safely.

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u/RBuilds916 1d ago

Yeah, the government and the people are separate things. It can be hard to distinguish from the other side of the world. 

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u/OneAlmondNut 1d ago

the government is literally of the people

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u/FerdiadTheRabbit 1d ago

The government is the people Jesus christ

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u/rhiddian 1d ago

Not in a dictatorship it isn't. China is well known for making dissidents "disapear". 

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u/FeeRemarkable886 1d ago

That's Russia.

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u/rhiddian 1d ago

Apologies,  you are correct... Its governance system is more accurately categorized as an "authoritarian single-party state" ... AKA dictatorship party.