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Russia stretches from the West to the East but the vast majority of life happens in a very small vertical part of the most Western flank of Russia, which is why

Russia stretches from the West to the East but the vast majority of life happens in a very small vertical part of the most Western flank of Russia, which is why I actually consider Russia ethnically and culturally to be part of the West, just stuck in a horrible past. I would love to see a statistic where China has more military casualties than let's say the USA, in total numbers and in % of population I think the USA will exceed China, not least because the USA has been at war ever since I'm alive, China, well not so much. I'm not going to go down this rabbit hole with you. You can select metrics which will "prove" that the West cares more about its people than China or other Asian countries and equally you can pull metrics which will unequivocally "prove" the opposite. This is precisely what I meant in my original comment.

oblio 4y ago
> I would love to see a statistic where China has more military casualties than let's say the USA, in total numbers and in % of population I think the USA will exceed China, not least because the USA has been at war ever since I'm alive, China, well not so much. LOLNO. This is very well documented, and even if you ignore all the Chinese civil wars, most of which had more casualties than regular wars. Heck, one of their civil wars had almost as many casualties as WW1. The US has been in a lot of wars but their military casualties are very low overall. They generally beat the other guys up very badly but they're quite careful to not lose people, in comparison with other countries.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  Do you think that the person you replied to was condemning the US for casualties to US soldiers, or casualties that US soldiers caused? Also, it's not really thoughtful to compare 3000 years of Chinese history to the history of the US since 1898 (the US's first modern imperial war, against the Philippine population.)
  - oblio 4y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War At least 10 million casualties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion At least 20 million casualties. Who said anything about 3000 years of Chinese history? You created a strawman and jumped with it from a bridge... China has killed tens of millions of Chinese citizens in the last century and a half alone. Just the Taiping Rebellion almost beats WW1.

oblio 4y ago

> I would love to see a statistic where China has more military casualties than let's say the USA, in total numbers and in % of population I think the USA will exceed China, not least because the USA has been at war ever since I'm alive, China, well not so much. LOLNO. This is very well documented, and even if you ignore all the Chinese civil wars, most of which had more casualties than regular wars. Heck, one of their civil wars had almost as many casualties as WW1. The US has been in a lot of wars but their military casualties are very low overall. They generally beat the other guys up very badly but they're quite careful to not lose people, in comparison with other countries.

pessimizer 4y ago
Do you think that the person you replied to was condemning the US for casualties to US soldiers, or casualties that US soldiers caused? Also, it's not really thoughtful to compare 3000 years of Chinese history to the history of the US since 1898 (the US's first modern imperial war, against the Philippine population.)
- oblio 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War At least 10 million casualties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion At least 20 million casualties. Who said anything about 3000 years of Chinese history? You created a strawman and jumped with it from a bridge... China has killed tens of millions of Chinese citizens in the last century and a half alone. Just the Taiping Rebellion almost beats WW1.