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while the US is dealing with border walls, military patrols at the border and trade wars, China is busy building it's trade infrastructure abroad and establishi

while the US is dealing with border walls, military patrols at the border and trade wars, China is busy building it's trade infrastructure abroad and establishing itself as a super-power. Considering China's attitude towards human rights this should worry everyone..

ctdonath 9y ago
If US hadn't neglected borders & trade imbalances, they'd be doing the same - with better human rights.
lainga 9y ago
The Chinese dealt with border walls, military patrols and trade wars... sometime last millennium.
FruityFarm 9y ago
Why should it worry everyone?
- decebalus1 9y ago
  check out China's track record wrt to human rights, free speech, censorship, government control, you name it. Imagine if they become the 'world police'
  - WJW 9y ago
    Check out the USA's track record if you are not a citizen. I'm sure the second amendment is a great consolation after your children died in a drone strike.
    - gruez 9y ago
      Still better than what china does.
    - humantrack 9y ago
      You do realize you wouldn’t even be able to make this comment in China if it was against the government right? You would be censored and picked up and killed
  - taurath 9y ago
    It seems like the main difference between China's state apparatus and ours (FBI/CIA/etc) is that political dissidents are actively and openly persecuted. Now with the politicization of our state and the growth of "deep state" terminology (where US institutions are accused of the same things China does in the open), one wonders just how far off we could be. I still believe that we have an incredibly strong cultural abhorrence to open discrimination for specific classes (mostly the first amendment stuff), but history has shown that in secret we have been performing similar acts abroad. China just has no qualms about doing it internally as well. I think thats the biggest difference - visibility and likelihood to act against its own citizens.

ctdonath 9y ago

If US hadn't neglected borders & trade imbalances, they'd be doing the same - with better human rights.

lainga 9y ago

The Chinese dealt with border walls, military patrols and trade wars... sometime last millennium.

FruityFarm 9y ago

Why should it worry everyone?

decebalus1 9y ago
check out China's track record wrt to human rights, free speech, censorship, government control, you name it. Imagine if they become the 'world police'
- WJW 9y ago
  Check out the USA's track record if you are not a citizen. I'm sure the second amendment is a great consolation after your children died in a drone strike.
  - gruez 9y ago
    Still better than what china does.
  - humantrack 9y ago
    You do realize you wouldn’t even be able to make this comment in China if it was against the government right? You would be censored and picked up and killed
- taurath 9y ago
  It seems like the main difference between China's state apparatus and ours (FBI/CIA/etc) is that political dissidents are actively and openly persecuted. Now with the politicization of our state and the growth of "deep state" terminology (where US institutions are accused of the same things China does in the open), one wonders just how far off we could be. I still believe that we have an incredibly strong cultural abhorrence to open discrimination for specific classes (mostly the first amendment stuff), but history has shown that in secret we have been performing similar acts abroad. China just has no qualms about doing it internally as well. I think thats the biggest difference - visibility and likelihood to act against its own citizens.