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Family tradition of a sorts has everybody in each generation moving a huge distance away from the previous. :D For me a move to China from Canada was just tradition.
Or, to translate, “It seemed like a good idea at the time.”
When I came here there were no such apps, so I got a pocket dictionary (that I still have!) and learned to tear apart characters into their constituent parts so I could have a chance of finding them in it. (That’s not particularly reliable a way of translating, but it can get you enough to function. Slowly.) Nowadays, though, there are really spiffy mobile phone apps that will translate text from photographs, etc., in a bewildering variety of forms (not just carefully-printed text in simple fonts) so it’s actually quite possible to stumble through life quite effectively despite being illiterate.
There are lone anarchists in most countries I think, but in the face of political repression and without an anarchist movement it’s necessary to subtly insert oneself in other movements like art, literature, and less revolutionary political movements like everyday labor struggles.
Thats interesting! Why did you choose to live in China? Have you tried using any apps that translate text?
Family tradition of a sorts has everybody in each generation moving a huge distance away from the previous. :D For me a move to China from Canada was just tradition.
Or, to translate, “It seemed like a good idea at the time.”
When I came here there were no such apps, so I got a pocket dictionary (that I still have!) and learned to tear apart characters into their constituent parts so I could have a chance of finding them in it. (That’s not particularly reliable a way of translating, but it can get you enough to function. Slowly.) Nowadays, though, there are really spiffy mobile phone apps that will translate text from photographs, etc., in a bewildering variety of forms (not just carefully-printed text in simple fonts) so it’s actually quite possible to stumble through life quite effectively despite being illiterate.
How long have you been living in china ?
Since 2001. My original flight to China was disrupted by a month because of all the shenanigans surrounding 9/11.
that’s a long time !! TIL: there are anarchists in china.
I wouldn’t call myself an anarchist. Nor a communist. Nor a capitalist. Nor a fascist.
“Cynicist” is likely the best descriptor of my political views.
There are lone anarchists in most countries I think, but in the face of political repression and without an anarchist movement it’s necessary to subtly insert oneself in other movements like art, literature, and less revolutionary political movements like everyday labor struggles.