As a Chinese person, I’ve noticed these incidents becoming more frequent in recent years. Despite gun control, there have been more knife attacks and vehicle rammings. Many innocent lives have been lost and families shattered, which is deeply distressing and frightening. I often remind my family and friends to be cautious when going out.

Discussing these topics is often restricted or prohibited within China. I’m curious to understand why people who want to ‘take revenge on society’ harm strangers who are defenseless and unknown to them. Logically, this behavior is hard to comprehend. There’s an old Chinese saying that roughly translates to ‘revenge should be directed at the source of the grievance.’ If someone has been wronged and feels desperate, shouldn’t they confront those who harmed them directly? By attacking random strangers, only innocent people suffer while those responsible remain unaffected.

I’m deeply saddened by this situation and am seeking insights. This is my first post on Lemmy, and I hope people can explain this issue or recommend books or videos that address the reasons behind such behaviors. Thank you very much.

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    So basically your source is “trust me” = “I expect you all to be gullible”???

    Put yourself in the situation of everyone else. From your PoV if you’re being honest or bullshitting is obvious; for us (reading your comment) it is not, all we see is someone on the internet claiming something about a population with almost no Lemmy demographic (so it’s easy to bullshit and get away with it). In those situations caution is advised.

    For a loose equivalent, imagine someone claiming in a Chinese language forum “I’m from UK/France/Germany, I can confirm that I see a mass shooting here every day, the king/president/prime minister has been almost shot but they’re silencing news about it”… it feels fishy, right?

    If your comment is 1) honest and 2) true then I apologise, but we [people in general] shouldn’t take something as true simply because someone else said.

      • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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        2 months ago

        Thank you.

        And now, in a clearer way: I apologise for the suspicion. As someone else said here, since American elections are going on, there’s a lot of misinformation surrounding China - both the population/the Chinese and the government/PCC.