How I Became a Communist in China

I gotta say, communism, I'm coming around to it.

If this is the shining example of communism, then I'm all for it.

People are really friendly here.

very, very, very warm-hearted, and they'll just pick you up and take you around and show you all the sites and stuff like that.

It was a little disappointing.

I saw something and must have discontinued it, but I saw that the only way this village was able to afford this whole thing, all this great infrastructure and, uh, you know, free healthcare, free housing, um, like rent free housing.

No, you don't pay utilities.

You just give them like 70% of your income and then you keep the 30 and, but everything is taken care of.

So it's kind of cool.

I mean, I guess in practice it makes sense.

I'm not sure if the town is deeply in debt or not.

I My Mandarin isn't that good.

I've definitely been stretched to my limits out here.

But man, it's been nothing but good vibes.

I've said it in the video that I've been filming the last couple days.

I feel like China is one of the friendliest places... on the planet, and I don't really think there's any arguing with that.

Yeah, I mean, maybe some people in the north and city folks in Beijing, their big, bougie Mercedes and all that stuff, they're maybe not as friendly as folks down here, like kind of more inside in the inland in the country, not necessarily on the coast.

I guess if you were gonna compare this to the US, this would be like the Nebraska or the Iowa or the Oklahoma of China, I guess.

I'm not really sure if that's an apt description, but I feel like it holds true a little bit.

Beijing's a little more uppity, swanky.

They're more worried about money.

I can't imagine anybody worries about money.

The robust, you know, social welfare system.

I haven't seen anybody begging.

I haven't seen anybody homeless.