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China has lifted 850 million people out of poverty. Percentage-wise, we have far more prisoners in the US. The answer lies in the instability that China experie
by dvduval 7y ago
China has lifted 850 million people out of poverty. Percentage-wise, we have far more prisoners in the US. The answer lies in the instability that China experienced in the past leading to the largest famine in human history. They will certainly do what they need to do to prevent instability. Sometimes it is heavy-handed, but as I said in another thread we have Indian reservations, border detentions, hate groups, largest per capita prison population, a high murder rate. We are far from perfect it's easy to point the finger about something that you know less about.
- mhh__ 7y agoI would rather live in a flawed democracy than whatever China is becoming
- tepidandroid 7y agoMuch like the Chinese would prefer to live under authoritarian but stable rule rather than whatever balkanized aberration a premature and flawed democracy that a billion illiterate peasants living in abject poverty would have produced.
- kortilla 7y agoStop saying “us” when you are referring to the US because it confuses the points you try to sound like someone with inside knowledge of China.
- Fjolsvith 7y ago> Indian reservations Sovereign ruled. > border detentions Of illegal border crossers. > hate groups That danged First Ammendment. > largest per capita prison population Probably a statement more about valuing human rights. We don't just execute criminals we don't like. > a high murder rate I found the US to be about 90th down the list of countries in the world for murder, at 5.35 per 100k [1]. Maybe we are a little more perfect than you think. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...
- matchbok 7y agoYou keep spamming about poverty in this thread. That is 100% irrelevant and an obvious distraction. Do better.