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The problem is, to many people around the world it is hard to describe the U.S. as democratic. As I see it, in the U.S. the corporations have completely subver
by Matl 4y ago
The problem is, to many people around the world it is hard to describe the U.S. as democratic.
As I see it, in the U.S. the corporations have completely subverted the government whereas in China the corporations are afraid of the government.
I am not sure why private interests controlling governments is less scary than governments controlling private interests?
The U.S. lays claim to all data say Google stores about me, even the ones stored outside the U.S. As an European, the U.S. is much more likely to reach me if they wanted than China.
I am not sure why the U.S. model is better than China's. Perhaps we in the West would do better to admit it's two sides of the same coin.
- adampk 4y agoThis prevailing argument on hackernews that "American and China are equally authoritarian regimes" is patently absurd. One is used to hearing these types of nonsense points being made in high school by kids trying to be proactive and contrarian but it getting to a supposedly "rational" community makes me think the community has been infiltrated by Chinese agents or other special interest groups astroturfing.
- ok123456 4y agoWhy does the USA imprison 639 per 100k but China is only 91.6 per 100k? It would seem that the USA is much more authoritarian in absolute terms.
- cwkoss 4y ago> makes me think the community has been infiltrated by Chinese agents or other special interest groups astroturfing. Astroturfing accusations are intellectually lazy and against the community guidelines of this site.