Anti-NPC Crusader

No NPC. Interrogate every issue from opposing sides, uncover what each side sees and misses, then sublate the contradiction into a richer understanding.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

Possible corruption of public funding while migrant workers work overtime just to have decent lives.

[Shanghai Daily @shanghaidaily]

9 days, ¥7,169 (US$1,063), 236 viewers — a 2026 Chinese animated film just set the year's lowest theatrical gross. Some viewers said it was even worse than amateur AI-generated clips.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@bunnytv1 @GamehagEN @shanghaidaily Possible corruption.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

Possible neotism and bribery. @ShunuSweet @bab

[Shanghai Daily @shanghaidaily]

9 days, ¥7,169 (US$1,063), 236 viewers — a 2026 Chinese animated film just set the year's lowest theatrical gross. Some viewers said it was even worse than amateur AI-generated clips.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@shanghaidaily nepotism and bribery.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@TweetmeProducts @Discoplomacy maybe there is collusion.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @gonglei89 @reyter111 @prasanna_says Yes. Maybe there is scenario where we might need to create more metrics or frameworks to capture it.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

This is purely looking at number while ignoring economic anxiety. If they are making above median income, why do they still have economic anxiety and working overtime? @reyter111

[Lei Gong @gonglei89]

“Low wage delivery workers and ride hailing” in China are making at or above median income actually.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @gonglei89 @reyter111 @prasanna_says Could be. But we should have possible multiple mental models to see things. Some might be optimistic and others could be less optimistic.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@mythPloughman @spandrell4 People also marry for power and privilege. Not everybody is about bodily desires.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@spandrell4 Sometimes it could be access to power and privilege.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

Sometimes it could be access to power and privilege.

[Spandrell @spandrell4]

Dario Amodei must be the most racist man alive.

Imagine having prime access to Tsinghua university pussy while at Baidu but going home and marrying the most roasted roastie in America.

Even Nazis would be in awe. When he called himself a patriot he wasn't joking.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @gonglei89 @reyter111 @prasanna_says Now the important question is that how to quantify and measure it. GDP per capita might be increasing but economic anxiety might be also increasing. That anxiety should go down gradually.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @reyter111 @gonglei89 @prasanna_says Some are also societal expectations which might cause economic anxiety like bridal gift. That may have inflation with time erasing some of economic gain.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@gonglei89 @Michael86137956 @reyter111 @prasanna_says Yes. It shows economic anxiety when people who want to marry and kids dont want to have it due to economic anxiety. Also, if I am not wrong, birth rate is lower among poor people in urban areas than rich people.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @reyter111 @gonglei89 @prasanna_says So，it is more nuanced.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @reyter111 @gonglei89 @prasanna_says It also depends on what range of years to choose. Also marriage rate and birth rate are declining. So, it depends on what angle you choose. Of course, people have enough to meet basic needs but economic anxiety among young people is also there. We will also need to track it.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @reyter111 @gonglei89 @prasanna_says I mean degree of progress.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@Michael86137956 @reyter111 @gonglei89 @prasanna_says And I am not saying it is dystopia. Maybe we can disagree on progress. I am more focused on working class people. But most of positive things are shared based on privileged tourists, expats or diaspora.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@HinduINDNat Everybody is feeling precarious.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@fredsoda I am talking about on average.

[Anti-NPC Crusader @propeacez]

@gonglei89 @reyter111 @Michael86137956 @prasanna_says I am not denying progress. I am also viewing from economic anxiety which might not be properly captured by this data. Like for many young people, to marry they need to save a lot of money for wedding gift or raising Children.