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217 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Dec \ on: Chinese billionaires are having dozens of US babies via surrogacy news
I find it ironic that most Americans are so upset by the Chinese culture of just doing what they want. Shouldn’t we be the pioneers of permissionlessness?
This particular practice is pretty wild and was not on my radar.
I think it's the opposite actually. This practice is much more restricted and frowned upon in China, which is partly why they come to America to do it. So in a way, our permissionless society results in us being the residual claimants of behavior that is widely considered immoral/disgusting... is that what we want to be?
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The laws are stricter in China but in my experience permissionlessness is a more culturally prevalent mode of operation.
Mix that prevalence with laxer laws and you get more “outrageous” behavior.
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You're right that many Chinese culturally hold the law in lower regard than here in the US.
I wonder to what it extent it has to do with their views of the legitimacy of their own government.
Though, I think in this case of surrogacy, I wouldn't be surprised if culturally it's much more frowned upon in China than in the US. I think they still have more traditional views of family over there.
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Could just be the narcissistic entitlement of wealth that seems to transcend culture
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