[ahartmetz]

Have you visited China? It doesn't feel as dystopian as you may think. I don't mean to say that everything is fine, but on the other hand regular people don't seem to live in fear of their friends or children spying on them for the secret police like they were in the GDR.

[IllogicalLogic]

Do they live in fear of getting shot at grocery stores? I hear the crime rate is dramatically lower than ours.

[brainpool]

Yes, I have visited China on multiple occasions during the last few years. It has been an utterly chilling experience. I know xenophobia when I experience it, and South Africa during Apartheid was actually better.