It's sounds like they are implying a specific element that the intended reader of the comment should know, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out what they mean by that. Chinese culture, from my very limited understanding of it as a very westernized ABC, certainly isn't lacking in any fundamental aspect that I could even conceive an ignorant and racist person believing. Surely, even the most chavanistic Europeans of centuries past could see the incredible culture of one of the world's oldest civilizations. Is this person somehow even more ignorant than them? Incredible

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Surely, even the most chavanistic Europeans of centuries past could see the incredible culture of one of the world's oldest civilizations.

Europeans well into the 18th century looked up to China. Go read up what people like Voltaire said about Confucius. It's really the 19th century when Europeans thought that China ain't shit.

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