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> I think we can criticize both the Chinese Govt as well as our own government. In the west we can criticize our governments and are arguably more free. in chi
by katbyte 7y ago
> I think we can criticize both the Chinese Govt as well as our own government.
In the west we can criticize our governments and are arguably more free. in china you can't and are arguably less free. I know where i would prefer to live.
- dv_dt 7y agoI think you need to read my last line a little more carefully. I did not say the US is less free - I said that ruined lives are still ruined. That one would personally prefer to have the freedoms of the privileged class of the US is not in question. But the US ruins lives at a 3x higher rate in prisons than China does. And it's not organ harvesting, but is cruelty that is personal, financial, and petty. Medical care is routinely denied, long term imprisonment in solitary conditions is considered torture in other nations, and is common in the US. And undeniably, prison is applied more frequently and for longer terms to a minority set of races in the US akin to how China persecutes minorities. (again I agree the degree is different but point out the rate is higher in the US, and ruined lives are still ruined). Those affected in that system really don't have the freedom to opt out of it. Edit: The robber barons cruelly end lives too... https://twitter.com/AllOnMedicare/status/1184644551987777537 https://twitter.com/AllOnMedicare/status/1184644551987777537