I had a coworker who was born in the USSR but her parents defected when she was young taking her with her. She said people just wanted more as everything felt 10 years behind the west. I can understand this, but man these kids didn't realize what horror they would be given. Also McDonalds? Really y'all? Like I can understand wanting to see the bands, but man fast food sucks.
Images like this look worse than what they actually show. In a collectivist society, people do everything in crowds. If the government opens a new thing, if it's allowed and approved of - it must be good, everyone should go. And why not? It's new, it's advertised, it's worth a try. Having to wait in line just shows other people want it - and you trust other people to want good things, because you don't have knowledge of popular bad things.
It's not the same as having experience with the stuff, understanding that it's cheap unhealthy food meant to minimize labor and material costs and maximize profits. You need to be inoculated with the germ ahead of time to develop the defenses against it.
I had a coworker who was born in the USSR but her parents defected when she was young taking her with her. She said people just wanted more as everything felt 10 years behind the west. I can understand this, but man these kids didn't realize what horror they would be given. Also McDonalds? Really y'all? Like I can understand wanting to see the bands, but man fast food sucks.
Images like this look worse than what they actually show. In a collectivist society, people do everything in crowds. If the government opens a new thing, if it's allowed and approved of - it must be good, everyone should go. And why not? It's new, it's advertised, it's worth a try. Having to wait in line just shows other people want it - and you trust other people to want good things, because you don't have knowledge of popular bad things.
It's not the same as having experience with the stuff, understanding that it's cheap unhealthy food meant to minimize labor and material costs and maximize profits. You need to be inoculated with the germ ahead of time to develop the defenses against it.