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They are scarier from China because they have a recent history of more authoritarian government control

• jessaustin 8y ago
  Chinese government has done very little to oppress USA residents. USA government, OTOH...
  • tdb7893 8y ago
    The US is still actually pretty good to it's citizens by global standards. For example as an American I don't have any worries that the government will come after me if I speak out against it and a politician can't have me thrown in jail without a trial. But I mean of course as an American I would care more about what the US does because it affects me more. The war on drugs especially is an authoritarian nightmare (and practically had ended up racist) and the war on terror has eroded due process but China has a type of authoritarianism that just isn't the same as the type we have in the US.
    • jessaustin 8y ago
      USA Drug War was always meant to be racist, and it always has been. See the statements of e.g. Anslinger and Nixon. Seeing mere contingency where intent is clear is a tawdry sort of privilege.
      • tdb7893 8y ago
        I was just making a weaker claim because honestly I didn't have enough time to properly defend a stronger one on the internet and in my experience ascribing racism explicitly to things takes a lot of effort to defend (though in this specific case that isn't true). Apologies if it was insensitive.
        • jessaustin 8y ago
          No worries! You describe a real phenomenon w/r/t "proving" racism.