Agreed. Most of the discussion focuses on comparisons to the west. Classic whataboutism, false equivalency and deflection. You see this on every critical post a

Agreed. Most of the discussion focuses on comparisons to the west. Classic whataboutism, false equivalency and deflection. You see this on every critical post about the CCP across the Internet. It is an effective way to derail a discussion. Even if HN's guidelines prohibit "nationalistic flamewars", these arguments are allowed by moderators.