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Guarantee you're going to catch downvotes for this comment, but you're 100% right. The evils of the US and China are not even comparable in the modern era. A m
by ciarannolan 6y ago
Guarantee you're going to catch downvotes for this comment, but you're 100% right.
The evils of the US and China are not even comparable in the modern era. A million plus in concentration camps, secret police disappearing journalists/doctors/dissidents, absolute authoritarian control over citizens lives, replacement of ethnic minorities en masse, organ harvesting, wholesale theft of IP and technology, etc etc etc.
It's such a tired and played out argument of "but in 1973 America did [bad thing]".
- ddoolin 6y agoAmerica still does bad things to this day, and they can definitely be compared to China's bad things...but one may far outweigh the other. I agree with the GP's sentiment but there's no reason we can't offer criticism on both.
- ciarannolan 6y agoSure, you _can_ compare them, just like you can compare a '93 Civic and a Model S.
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