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No, we do not, because the crimes of the US are not equally severe and/or are historic and not actively occurring. There's a difference between systemic racism
by Subsentient 6y ago
No, we do not, because the crimes of the US are not equally severe and/or are historic and not actively occurring.
There's a difference between systemic racism and state-sanctioned cultural genocide signed off on by the dictator himself.
- joelbluminator 6y agoWho determines they are not equally severe? How can we reliably estimate and compare the damage done in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan to what's happening in China?
- Subsentient 6y agoThere were plenty of disastrous wars, but clearly the US did not intend to commit genocide, and I very much doubt it did, in any war. The same cannot be said for China. Of course, there's the historic case of the native Americans, but again, that's not actively occurring.
- joelbluminator 6y agoWell, everbody thinks they're doing the right thing. U.S was saving Vietnam from communism and later was saving the world from Saddam's WMD or Afghanistans taliban. China is saving their country from civil disintegration and helps create a uniform culture for the greater good. See what I did there?
- Synaesthesia 6y agoThe Japanese in WW2 were also trying to create an "earthly paradise" in South East Asia.
- joelbluminator 6y agoTrue. You can't take that away from the U.S, they helped save the free world (together with the allies and Russia). Things are complex.
- newen 6y agoRight, the US just stumbles into war and genocide like an innocent child while China intends to commit genocide because they are evil etc. etc. It’s a great narrative.