100 sats \ 0 replies \ @expatriotic OP 10 Mar \ parent \ on: Being expatriotic bitcoin
HAHAHAHAHA, this made me smile. Thanks for that. I had to look up what 50 Cent Army is. So, apparently my post qualifies.
A few things:
- I live in a bubble because I stay on campus
- I don't like China (or the US). I think most states and governments are shit.
- Having said that, I can teach in the US for $50k a year with expenses of $40k a year or work in China at a private international school making $50k a year with expenses of almost $0 (basically just paying for food and travel which is somewhat discretionary).
- I signed the contract to work in China before I got heavily into bitcoin and self-sovereignty. But now that I'm here, I'm making the most of it.
- Oppression of the state is bigger (by far) for locals than for expats. Case in point, my school's internet network uses a VPN by default so I can use YT for lessons or use telegram to communicate etc, meanwhile a local using a VPN would be a criminal
- China is bad yes, also, you probably (at least experientially) know way less about China than you think. Other than big ticket news items.