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Totalitarian to who ... that's the question. America is fairly totalitarian to Mexicans, Native Indians to a very huge degree and to black people on a minor deg
by foobar_ 6y ago
Totalitarian to who ... that's the question. America is fairly totalitarian to Mexicans, Native Indians to a very huge degree and to black people on a minor degree. In the same vein China is totalitarian to people who are not Han-Chinese. A majority of the Chinese live perfectly reasonable and modern lives.
- chillacy 6y agoYou don't get a "free political speech" pass even if you identify/pass as Han Chinese. Certainly you don't get treated as badly, but the restrictions on speech are still real.
- ivalm 6y agoTotalitarianism is defined as “ a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.” It has nothing to do with racism or reasonableness of life. US is not totalitarian (despite having many negative qualities). China is totalitarian.
- foobar_ 6y agoAccording to the Nazis they were a National Socialists, they did not see themselves as totalitarian. I suppose it is an illusion of reference. People inside U.S.A think it is a free nation ... whereas those on the outside can see its totalitarian tendencies more clearly. To take the case of France, what is it doing in Guiana ? France may be liberal to its people but it suppresses people in Guiana in a totalitarian way.