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There’s diplomatic pressure and then there’s egregious crackdowns in service of totalitarianism.

• electronWizard 6y ago
  >then there’s egregious crackdowns in service of totalitarianism. Are you meaning using opaque processes to decide who goes on secret kill lists and then assassinating them with drones. Including American citizens with no due process? Don't get me wrong I like the US, especially when compared to China, but you can't claim the moral high ground in international diplomacy when twenty years into this century you've already invaded two middle eastern countries and destabilized a few others.
  • sidlls 6y ago
    The US, for all its flaws, is not yet a dictatorship that oppresses any opposition to the government with harsh penalties including imprisonment end execution. We’ve got serious problems and are well down the path of a fascist police state, but we aren’t there yet. Compared to China we very much can take the moral high ground.