r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ActualInstance2195 • 4d ago

Video Fascinating growth made by China!

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u/Euphoric-Potato-4104 4d ago edited 4d ago

I was in shenzen in 1995, and it looked even worse than that 1980 picture of it. Dirt roads, dusty, dilapidated infrastructure, shoeless children wandering the streets, open sewer pits, etc. Now it makes nyc look like a third word country.

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u/FullmetalGin 4d ago

This is the state of most major cities in India right now and it's depressing

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u/UrbanCyclerPT 4d ago

India will never be like China. Chinese are less religious. Religion is an evolution deterrent

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u/that_guy_ontheweb 4d ago edited 4d ago

Chinese are religious though. The CCP isn’t but most Chinese people believe in folk religions and what not.

Also this “religion is a deterrent” argument falls apart when you look at places like Poland.

Edit: Ireland is also the prime example as well, they’re like 80% Catholic and yet have one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

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u/Mental_Blacksmith289 4d ago

"Spiritual, but not religious"

Many people argue that Chinese people aren't religious because they don't consider what they practice to be religions.

Thats a philosophical debate though. Just like how many people call others fake (insert religious group) because they don't actuvely practice their religion.