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I wouldn't argue that they are equals, but consider that the people you talk to might not care for the stated intents ("we will bring peace to the middle east b
by luckylion 6y ago
I wouldn't argue that they are equals, but consider that the people you talk to might not care for the stated intents ("we will bring peace to the middle east because we're altruists"), but rather the obvious results ("we've removed stabilizing strong-men and now we have open chattel slavery back in Libya").
China is doing lots of shady stuff, and they too claim that it's for the best -- only in this case we (as in most people outside of China's sphere of influence) ignore the claims and look at the moves as as power plays with a PR narrative. The people you talked to might do the same for US actions.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoGenocide isn't "shady stuff" it's fucking genocide.
- luckylion 6y agoI was referencing things like their grab of Tibet, power projection in the South China sea, projects in Africa etc. Please don't try to read everything in the worst possible interpretations.
- katbyte 6y agoTibet wasn’t a genocide?
- onethought 6y agoNo, Tibet wasn’t a genocide. Xinjiang isn’t either. It’s extremely bad and unjust, but it ain’t systematic slaughter of a race either. Let’s not stretch the meaning of genocide.