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> The Chinese government is basically a government of Derek Chauvins No. Just no. Stop right there. You might be thinking of North Korea, but that is not China

by dheera 6y ago

> The Chinese government is basically a government of Derek Chauvins No. Just no. Stop right there. You might be thinking of North Korea, but that is not China. The western media wants you to believe this, but if you even take a little time to experience China first-hand you'll realize that -- and this may come as a surprise to you, understandably from the brainwashing that western media does -- China's government is doing mostly good things. Literacy in China is at 96%, well above the United States, and 99.8% for the 16-24 age group, 95% have access to a safe water source, access to electricity went from 93% in 1990 to >99.9% in 2018, famine is almost absent, they regularly haul people out of earthquakes and other disasters to safety, street assaults are seldom (females regularly freely take walks at night downtown!), 350 km/h trains shuttle people between cities safely several times an hour (compare to the mostly non-existent and <120 km/h passenger trains in the US), violent street crime is almost zero, there are fast, clean, safe electric transportation systems in most cities, there is healthcare for all citizens, and there are massive clean energy efforts underway. Do you really believe it is a government full of Derek Chauvins that accomplished all that? Have you ever lived there? You'll be surprised. And yes, there are atrocities and censorship as I should duly note. But by far, no, it's not a government full of Derek Chauvins. It's rather a few Derek Chauvins in a vast system of mostly good people that the western media largely doesn't want to talk about because they enjoy the ad revenue they get from fear-mongering and jumping on the anti-China bandwagon. And yes, I advocate for being critical and holding accountable the people responsible for atrocities. However, I still stand against boycotting and punishing average civilians for any of those things. Those civilians are just living their lives and doing hard work to feed themselves or their families just like you and me, and have absolutely nothing to do with atrocities committed by a few Derek Chauvins.

tablespoon 6y ago
> Literacy in China is at 96%, well above the United States, and 99.8% for the 16-24 age group... You forgot to add that they just "eliminated poverty." > Do you really believe it is a government full of Derek Chauvins? You've twisted my wording. I didn't say it was a government full of Derek Chauvins, but a government of Derek Chauvins. And in any case, it was a cartoonish riff on your previous comment, so it shouldn't be taken too literally. > Have you ever lived there? You'll be surprised. I think you'd be surprised. > It's rather a few Derek Chauvins in a vast system of mostly good people That "rather a few" are the ones setting and enforcing policy. That's the important fact. You don't rise up in the Communist Party by being a good person.

by dheera 6y ago

tablespoon 6y ago

> Literacy in China is at 96%, well above the United States, and 99.8% for the 16-24 age group... You forgot to add that they just "eliminated poverty." > Do you really believe it is a government full of Derek Chauvins? You've twisted my wording. I didn't say it was a government full of Derek Chauvins, but a government of Derek Chauvins. And in any case, it was a cartoonish riff on your previous comment, so it shouldn't be taken too literally. > Have you ever lived there? You'll be surprised. I think you'd be surprised. > It's rather a few Derek Chauvins in a vast system of mostly good people That "rather a few" are the ones setting and enforcing policy. That's the important fact. You don't rise up in the Communist Party by being a good person.