I hear ya. I feel I have been unable to redpill my family regarding this pandemic because of what has been instilled in them by Asian culture (Taiwan in my case). My experience is that Asians pretend to be humble, but are really really proud of themselves and think themselves to be superior.

I try to talk to them about the masks, lockdowns, etc., but they just reply "Look how low the covid numbers are in Taiwan. It's because of Taiwan's policies of masks, contact tracing, quarantine hotels for incoming foreigners." They just trust health authorities, especially Taiwanese ones, so much, that I've had not much luck getting through to them. So, while I'm surprised how many Americans just do whatever they're told to do, my family is surprised by how many Americans aren't following things like mask mandates, social gathering guidance, etc.

They tend to love/trust centralization of powers and just don't see much problem with big tech, big government, big companies, etc. talking to each other in general. Other things, like corrupt politicians (anywhere in the world), China's infiltration of U.S. and other countries, etc., I can get through to them easily, but the dangers of the virus relative to the vax, lockdowns, masks, tyrannical takeovers, etc., not so much. It would probably take some big disclosure regarding the virus and/or Taiwanese Evergiven to get through to them. In the meantime, I am giving them my info (generally the obvious things), and they at least are receptive of what I say (rather than yell at me or tell me to shut up or something)... So when there is a big disclosure hopefully sooner rather than later, they will look to me for answers.

Sorry, that was a bit of a rant, but your post made me want to add a bit of my south Asian experience and grievances. :)

I hear ya. I feel I have been unable to redpill my family regarding this pandemic because of what has been instilled in them by Asian culture (Taiwan in my case). My experience is that Asians pretend to be humble, but are really really proud of themselves and think themselves to be superior.

I try to talk to them about the masks, lockdowns, etc., but they just reply "Look how low the covid numbers are in Taiwan. It's because of Taiwan's policies of masks, contact tracing, quarantine hotels for incoming foreigners." They just trust health authorities, especially Taiwanese ones, so much, that I've had not much luck getting through to them. So, while I'm surprised how many Americans just do whatever they're told to do, my family is surprised by how many Americans aren't following things like mask mandates, social gathering guidance, etc.

They tend to love/trust centralization of powers and just don't see much problem with big tech, big government, big companies, etc. talking to each other in general. Other things, like corrupt politicians (anywhere in the world), China's infiltration of U.S. and other countries, etc., I can get through to them easily, but the dangers of the virus, vax, lockdowns, masks, etc., not so much. It would probably take some big disclosure regarding the virus and/or Taiwanese Evergiven to get through to them. In the meantime, I am giving them my info (generally the obvious things), and they at least are receptive of what I say (rather than yell at me or tell me to shut up or something)... So when there is a big disclosure hopefully sooner rather than later, they will look to me for answers.

Sorry, that was a bit of a rant, but your post made me want to add a bit of my south Asian experience and grievances. :)

I hear ya. I feel I have been unable to redpill my family regarding this pandemic because of what has been instilled in them by Asian culture (Taiwan in my case). My experience is that Asians pretend to be humble, but are really really proud of themselves and think themselves to be superior.

I try to talk to them about the masks, lockdowns, etc., but they just reply "Look how low the covid numbers are in Taiwan. It's because of Taiwan's policies of masks, contact tracing, quarantine hotels for incoming foreigners." They just trust health authorities, especially Taiwanese ones, so much, that I've had not much luck getting through to them. So, while I'm surprised how many Americans just do whatever they're told to do, my family is surprised by how many Americans aren't following things like mask mandates, social gathering guidance, etc.

They tend to love/trust centralization of powers and just don't see much problem with big tech, big government, big companies, etc. talking to each other in general. Other things, like corrupt politicians (anywhere in the world), China's infiltration of U.S. and other countries, etc., I can get through to them easily, but the dangers of the virus, vax, lockdowns, masks, etc., not so much. It would probably take some big disclosure regarding the virus and/or Taiwanese Evergiven to get through to them. In the meantime, I am giving them my info (generally the obvious things), and they at least are receptive of what I say (rather than yell at me or tell me to shut up or something)... So when there is a big disclosure hopefully sooner rather than later, they will look to me for answers.

Sorry, that was a bit of a rant, but your post made me want to add a bit of my south Asian experience. :)