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When the great depression hit, Americans found jobs in the Soviet Union. Nowadays, I and several friends are looking at colleges in China. History doesn’t exactly repeat, but it sure does rhyme
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Anonymous 20w

Do you speak mandarin?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20w

Also throwback to those Americans that went there and ended up working to death as slave laborers

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20w

Admittedly my tones aren’t great and the logography gives me some issues. However, the consonant/vowel sounds are mostly present in languages I’ve studied before and the analytic grammar is a plus. I’m a couple years out from starting my graduate program so I have time to

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20w

Also throwback to when we had literal slaves in this country. Oh wait, that’s the modern US prison system, my bad

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20w

Hell yeah that’s awesome, good luck

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20w

What can I say, the soviets always had to one up the us when it came to doing things poorly

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20w

I won’t deny it—the Soviets had their share of problems *cough* Joseph Stalin *cough cough* but there are two important things to note: 1) Every Soviet atrocity has an analogous American atrocity. In terms of evil acts, they are the same 2) Despite sanctions by the United States for the majority of its existence, the Soviet Union did a decent job providing for its citizens. Given its circumstances, the country did a decent job. Many people alive today who lived back then speak fondly of it

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20w

Thank you very much 🙏🏻 i will study hard

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