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Again, it's a question of perspective. Mao killed dozens of millions of people and strongly supported the Khmer Rouge, which in turn were responsible for some o
by uniqueuid 4y ago
Again, it's a question of perspective. Mao killed dozens of millions of people and strongly supported the Khmer Rouge, which in turn were responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. Xi seems to be performing a turn back towards authoritarianism.
Who do you trust? Out of both countries, I worry more about that which is less transparent and has less democratic institutions and less commitment to human rights. Though I worry about both, of course.
- fritigern 4y agoThose transparent democratic institutions didn't stop 20+ years of war in the Middle East.
- uniqueuid 4y agoThis neither addresses my point nor is it relevant to the comparison.
- fritigern 4y agoIt is relevant. Your point: "US is less scary/harmful than China, because it's a democracy". My response: "The fact that US is a democracy doesn't change anything if you are not a citizen of that democracy. Also being a democracy didn't prevent US from committing mass-murder in the Middle East".