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Agreed on basically all points here. My criticism of the state of China is not a defense of the state of the West. It's merely intended to provide a clear dis
by tristor 6y ago
Agreed on basically all points here. My criticism of the state of China is not a defense of the state of the West. It's merely intended to provide a clear distinction between the two, and to combat the rising pro-CCP shilling I see happening consistently on HN. It is very much possible for two different bad things to both be bad.
- KirinDave 6y agoWell then allow me to extend a hand from the other side of the aisle and point out that articles like this off and read like love letters to a much more authoritarian era. Often containing words like "value" and "culture" which appear to be little more then a thinly-veiled rebuke of cultural liberty. In the top posted article here, it's a depressing truth that it's impossible for us to tell what the author means to say until they write more about it, because words like "the west" and "Culture" I've been deeply co-opted by reactionary discourse. So I'm keeping an open mind, but I definitely want to point out that there's nothing special about Western governments when it comes to a slow slide into fascism.