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Also he forgets to vote for the People's Congress then complains how liberal the local People's Congress are. Like uncle Chen, you actively forget or are too hung over to vote in municipal elections, that's part of the reason Maoists aren't getting elected as much as centrists. You refuse to buy groceries made by private companies if there is a state owned alternative every time you go shopping but you won't even vote? You're a fucking CPC member, it's like registering to vote then choosing not to.
Ngl sounds like a cool hang
I would love more Uncle Chen stories.
I feel the way towards him as I do towards a lot of leftcoms: I don’t agree but I respect where they’re coming from. I don’t disagree with the principles but rather just the pragmatism (like you said, dude probably would have started WW3 if he was in charge).
He would bathe twice a week until like 2005 because he thought domestic hot water was decadent and should sparsely be used. For most of his life, communal bathhouses were the norm in our part of China, so he'd go there every other day and just use cold water and soap if he couldn't be bothered. I have vague memories of some of the last ones in Wuhan being phased out in the late 90's so there was a few years there where my aunt would have to put up with terrible odour from the chain-smoking alcoholic, esp since how humid Wuhan is in the summer. Also it turns out lye soaps aren't too good for the skin after prolonged use, he had dry ass skin until my cousin swapped him over to some softer soaps.