Because if you spend enough time on the internet, especially the Western side, you start to hear voices of people who oppose their governments and not enough from those who support it.
Even many who are supportive tend to say that their government is authoritarian.
Interesting. So when wanting to meet liked minded people, you basically have to attended political functions and not just a random guy on the street or classmate?
Also, have you seen some of the game shows in Vietnam? I watch it with my mom sometimes and it’s so depressing lol. “Educational” Corporations sponsoring “child prodigy” game shows, general corporations and celebrities handing out food and money and materials to everyday citizens (who are required to participate in some dumb games), and I even saw The Apprentice/Shark Tank knock off where Vietnamese people basically showcase their resume on TV and western/Vietnamese CEOs judge whether they’ll hire them. However, the funny thing is the musical shows. Most of the music is historical, either about ancient times or about the war. Even the rap shows with young people, they’ll rap about Vietnam defending themselves from invaders which is just odd for the genre.
Despite being a Vietnamese living in Vietnam, I’ve never met anyone that consider themself a communist IRL. People my age think money is everything. No one’s even bothered to educate themself ideologically. Older people are always skeptical of the government after being traumatized by poverty and war, combined with western propaganda.
The game shows are dumb, all of them.
Damn. I’m guessing like pretty much every country, people are just supportive of the government out of nationalism?
Nationalism does contribute to the support to the government. But The big factor for trust in any government is just material conditions that lead people to have hope that things will get better and don’t have to live in constant fear. One thing I have learned from living in the West is nothing make you trust your own government more than having to live in a malicious and dysfunctional one. That’s why I support the current government of Vietnam.
Damn. Where are you living currently? How is it going over there?