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You're being overly selective with the facts. In the US there are problems but there is hope for change through free discourse, independent courts and democrati
by 323454 9y ago
You're being overly selective with the facts. In the US there are problems but there is hope for change through free discourse, independent courts and democratic decision making. In China there are problems but the power to change is invested in officials and bureaucrats with their own interests at heart, and hope for change is hope that such people can be persuaded or bought.
- vkou 9y agoIndependent courts that consistently side with the justice system, and have spent centuries enforcing racist laws, that have destroyed communities. Independent police oversight, done by the guy sharing an office with the person he is overseeing. Democratic decision making that makes progress at a generational pace. That same democratic process, independent court system, and free discourse also built a century of slavery, followed by another century of Jim Crow, followed by half-a-century of... What we have now. These are valuable political institutions, but they are not sufficient.