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The point here is to evoke comparison with 1930s Germany, which expanded into neighboring territory and systematically imprisioned minorities. Hopefully China c
by xkcd-sucks 8y ago
The point here is to evoke comparison with 1930s Germany, which expanded into neighboring territory and systematically imprisioned minorities. Hopefully China changes direction before it becomes 1940s Germany
- ElBarto 8y agoThis is a ridiculous comparison. China is not expanding and does not systematically imprison minorities (and as you know the holocaust is in another league altogether). The point of my previous comment is also to avoid such comparisons that are unhelpful, to say the least. Don't overuse those terms (holocaust, nazi, etc)
- devmunchies 8y agousing the term "holocaust" is a comparison? Nobody has a monopoly on that term.
- samch 8y agoChina is looking to expand. China already took Tibet. It claims Taiwan. Now, it’s making audacious claims over the South China Sea - even going so far as to build artificial islands to cement their claims.
- realusername 8y agoThey even claim parts of India as well
- ElBarto 8y agoConsidering that both Tibet and Taiwan are recognised Chinese territories it is odd to see that as expansion. Taiwan is a continuation of the Chinese civil war with the winner seeking to get the last Chinese territory not under its control.
- b_tterc_p 8y ago> does not systematically imprison minorities What about these ones? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps
- whatthewhatwhat 8y agoChina certainly is expanding. It just signed an economic deal with Italy. It's been making economic deals with poor African countries, indebting them to China, for years. It has plans to "reunite" with Taiwan in time for its next centennial celebration. These are just a few examples. You're either ignorant or lying.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoWhy do you believe 1940's Germany is worse than China? 2.5 million people already died as a direct result from Mao's Great Leap Forward, with another 40 million (!) dying from famine during that same period, caused by said cultural revolution. Nazi Germany was not the greatest loss of life by a government.
- CharlesColeman 8y ago> Nazi Germany was not the greatest loss of life by a government. But it is the government that's become nearly synonymous with human rights violations (in the West, at least).
- zanny 8y agoYou can also compare 1940s Russia which conquered eastern Europe and put most of Asia under its influence. Stalin starved and slaughtered millions.