It is always so great when you are truly honest. You love the Russians and the Chinese and Iranians. Would you like to live in Iran? You wouldn't do very well in a truly authoritarian govt, you know... You can only survive in a democracy that you criticize every day dozens of ill-thought posts at a time.
Give me an example of a post you would feel safe in sending if you were in China.
I love everyone. Even though everyone is annoying. So I love all countries/cultures. Of course we are naturally more critical of our own country/culture. That is why I try to focus on non-US issues. Less annoying. The US is not free, nobody is. Democracy and Republicanism are mirages. The power hierarchy is always ... in power. I really criticize stupidity ... stupid policy. I have less problem with the idiots who promote those policies. So do you think now ... I am in the closet, aligned with the Four Ladies of the Apocalypse?
I would love to be any person in any culture at any time. Life is always hard. All else is prejudice. Of course the particular person in the particular culture I am in ... is a more immediate issue compared to hypotheticals.
I am not afraid of China etc. Wouldn't be afraid to be a Jew in Berlin in 1933. Fear is the mind-killer. Most times we don't have an opportunity to change our nation. We never have a choice as to the one we are born into. If I don't fear, I don't hate. What I don't hate, I don't need to destroy, to kill. Same as being at the zoo with all those dangerous wild animals. I don't feel a need to send in the 101st Airborne to kill the dangerous zoo animals.
In China? I would post ... "Ending the Manchu Dynasty was bad" ... "Ending foot binding was good". Unpredictable anywhere I go. I am not anti-Chinese, so there would be no need for them to kill me. I would be no more likely to be killed there as here. A Jewish thing that causes Gentiles to freak out. A Jew is safe nowhere. I would be a "lao pengyo" aka "old friend". Of course as a one-party state, they are politically constipated, but a good guest doesn't mention that. Traditional Chinese culture was a unique thing that didn't need to be corrupted by Western Right or Left politics. Progress isn't the same as making everyone just like New England, by force of arms. I considered moving to China twice now, once in 89 for work, and once for retirement. But nobody likes senior citizen immigrants. Visit and leave your money please! Besides I am retired and my daughter doesn't live there. If in a parallel universe, my daughter was working in Shanghai, I would try to get a long term residence permit, so I could be close to her.
We can't all be as brilliant as this young Englishman ... the young looking dark blond kid is "Chris" ... the one who put this online.