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> some people perceive the US to be worse than China. Those people are dangerously ignorant.
by 67726e 10y ago
> some people perceive the US to be worse than China.
Those people are dangerously ignorant.
- verelo 10y agoWhile I wouldn't say that the US is worse than China, I think your statement is just as dangerous (possibly more).
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- 67726e 10y agoHow so?
- cderwin 10y agoNot parent, but it seems irresponsible to call someone that is ignorant about the domestic policies of a country half the world away "dangerous." It's not dangerous until national policy is based on that ignorance, which is several as of yet uncrossed bridges farther than even a majority of Americans being ignorant of Chinese domestic policy. That said, parent is just as wrong to call the original comment "dangerous" as well.
- verelo 10y agoYou have to be joking? My point is that ignorance is dangerous.
- sqeaky 10y agoWhy do you say that? I did not downvote you. And would be interested real and objective criteria for assessing which country is "worse" ethically or "worse" by some criteria you select.
- am_i_down 10y agoWhat is a criteria in which China is "better" ethically or "better" by some criteria you select? I can think of none.
- sqeaky 10y agoForeign nationals killed in undeclared wars?
- refurb 10y agoWhy be specific to foreign nationals? Why not include the tens of millions of their own citizens the China gov't has killed?
- corn_dog 10y agoI think is at least instructive to compare the number of Chinese citizens immigrating or wanting to immigrate to the US to the number of US citizens who would like to move to China.
- joshuaheard 10y agoChina forces its citizens to have abortions if they have more than 2 children, and they censor the internet, so you can't access social media, like Facebook for instance. So, I would say they are ethically worse than the U.S.
- kbenson 10y agoSo, is the problem that they are forcing abortions, or that they have a social policy about childbearing? If it's about the abortions, apparently there's two types of action taken[1]. If it's in an urban area, they apparently either charge a fee or don't assign a household register to the child (not sure what that means), but if it's rural they do apparently force abortions. If you're okay with the social policy, it seems like there are solutions that don't require forced abortions (such as implanted birth control). Whether that aspect is still ethically worse than the U.S. or not probably depends on your view on reproductive rights. 1: https://www.quora.com/What-happens-when-a-family-disobeys-the-one-child-policy-in-China https://www.quora.com/What-happens-when-a-family-disobeys-th...
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