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.

  • Apang21@lemmy.worldOP
    112·
    2 months ago

    1. This is my first post on Lemmy.

    2. I also use Reddit, but this particular post couldn’t get through on Reddit.

    3. The format of the post was written using ChatGPT. My English is poor, making normal communication difficult, so I can’t enjoy English interactions. That’s why I haven’t responded to or interacted with any replies.

    4. I swear everything I said is true. If you want to know more, it’s easy to find various news articles that can verify the authenticity of my post, as these situations have been occurring frequently in China over the past two years.

    5. For general questions, I would ask on platforms I’m familiar with, but this question couldn’t possibly be successfully posted on Chinese forums, which is why I’m asking here.

    6. I was a bit emotional while editing the post, and I apologize for that.

    • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      It’s very close to a US election and people are being bombarded with highly emotionally charged stories and political information all day and everyone is a bit on edge currently. There’s also a pretty large amount of sinophobia on this platform in general too. I don’t have an answer to your question, but please try not to take what others might say too personally.

      • Apang21@lemmy.worldOP
        7·
        2 months ago

        Alright, thank you for your suggestion. I don’t intend to lead anyone into any politically-related discussions. I’m simply hoping to obtain logical explanations from a psychological or sociological perspective, from the standpoint of ordinary people, regarding these dangerous incidents. I truly don’t have experience communicating in English-language forums. I will learn more and pay closer attention in the future.

        • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
          8·
          2 months ago

          You’ve done nothing wrong, however even if your question is not political certain people will try to make it political. Things will calm down a bit in about a month.

          A lot of details regarding day to day Chinese life is not available to the Western world. You may have trouble finding an answer that’s based on actual evidence, but people are very similar despite where they live and their motives will be comparable. People here will definitely be able to help you in that regard.

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
      12·
      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
          2·
          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.