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A democratic country like the US has invaded countless countries, installed US-friendly dictators, and has committed a ton of human rights violations. I don't

A democratic country like the US has invaded countless countries, installed US-friendly dictators, and has committed a ton of human rights violations. I don't think it's as simple as democratic = benevolent. The fact is, the CCP is still working for Chinese citizens. Their GDP per capita is still rising. Their lives are still improving every year. Considering how things were for China since the 1800s, don't you think that maybe the CCP was the right government for China? Perhaps in the future when more Chinese citizens are well educated, informed, then they will demand a more democratic country. Let Chinese citizens decide that. They've been overthrowing governments since before the US was created.

kstenerud 4y ago
You're not even responding to my comment; this is just parroting the same tired old talking points and whataboutisms. People have bad things to say about China, Russia, North Korea and Iran's governments for a reason.
- senttoschool 4y ago
  But a high number of people/countries in the world hates USA. So what?
  - sidibe 4y ago
    Notice there are a lot of negative comments about the USA. Most of us find plenty of faults with the United States, but we keep some perspective too, realizing on the Chinese internet such criticisms wouldn't last long before removal.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    The "so what" is that effective systems have a breaking point. The CCP can work for some people, but if it comes at the expense of ethic cleansing (the Uighurs) or violent territorial aggression (Taiwan/Hong Kong) then it's not worth it. All of the countries China tries so desperately to woo agree. In your own words - those people can choose for themselves. The Chinese government does not respect their decision either way. If China's next moves are to follow in Russia's footsteps, they will be rejected as a member of the first-world altogether (as Putin recently found out). If they somehow dominate despite that, then they will rule over nothing but ashes.
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kstenerud 4y ago

You're not even responding to my comment; this is just parroting the same tired old talking points and whataboutisms. People have bad things to say about China, Russia, North Korea and Iran's governments for a reason.

senttoschool 4y ago
But a high number of people/countries in the world hates USA. So what?
- sidibe 4y ago
  Notice there are a lot of negative comments about the USA. Most of us find plenty of faults with the United States, but we keep some perspective too, realizing on the Chinese internet such criticisms wouldn't last long before removal.
- smoldesu 4y ago
  The "so what" is that effective systems have a breaking point. The CCP can work for some people, but if it comes at the expense of ethic cleansing (the Uighurs) or violent territorial aggression (Taiwan/Hong Kong) then it's not worth it. All of the countries China tries so desperately to woo agree. In your own words - those people can choose for themselves. The Chinese government does not respect their decision either way. If China's next moves are to follow in Russia's footsteps, they will be rejected as a member of the first-world altogether (as Putin recently found out). If they somehow dominate despite that, then they will rule over nothing but ashes.

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