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I find it sad to see this type of argument, increasingly it seems our only justification for the decline of the US is, "At least we're not as bad as X." As in,
by dpau 7y ago
I find it sad to see this type of argument, increasingly it seems our only justification for the decline of the US is, "At least we're not as bad as X." As in, "Sure companies and the gov sell all our data, but at least we're not like China!". Feels like we've given up even trying to live up to our liberal Western ideals...
- duxup 7y agoIt's not a justification for anything. It is a response providing perspective to questions like "but are we much better?"
- giancarlostoro 7y agoAgreed, and I should of elaborated: sure we're worse in the case of incarceration, but our legal system is still way better than in other countries.
- dpau 7y agoThere's nothing wrong with comparisons. I just wonder why we started comparing ourselves with the worst rather than the best.