Economic Status Determines Cultural Quality (Equal Human Rights)
It’s hard to make sound human rights decisions when you’re struggling to get by and survival is the only thing on your mind.
American TV shows often reflect this: poverty-stricken neighborhoods tend to have high rates of violent crime.
This pattern is even more pronounced in areas with worse economic conditions. But the spread of education in China has raised the general cultural level of the population. People born after 1995, for instance, have far less exposure to various forms of violence—school bullying is one thing since it clusters around campuses, but those born before 1995 truly grew up when robbery, murder, and gang attacks could happen any time you were out shopping during broad daylight… and it was even worse back when guns weren’t banned.
Only people who haven’t experienced worse times tend to feel suddenly and excessively disappointed with the present era. That’s also why older generations have remained consistently loyal to the country and the ruling party: they’ve lived through the entire span from those difficult years to the relative peace of today, and their material lives have improved markedly every five years and dramatically every decade.