• SexUnderSocialism [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    19 days ago

    And then there’s China, where AC units are cheap and electricity costs almost nothing, so even pig farmers install AC to keep their pigs cool. I saw a video about this, and most comments were along the lines of “wow, China treats their pigs better than the West treats their humans during a heatwave” yea

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      18 days ago

      Human life is cheap in the Occident, where humans are treated worse than cattle. Indeed, the Occidental expects existence to be nasty, brutish, and short.

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      18 days ago

      AC’s are a problem themselves since they make it hotter. Countries like the UK mostly developed in the last century and their infrastructure is built for a cold climate. China has so many different climate’s that they have to build things differently for different areas.

      Even the Soviet Union had to do so. Commie blocks in hotter areas had poor insulation compared to commie blocks in forever cold regions.