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> And you're assuming political backroom antics. Neither assumption is borne out in any way beyond the fact you seem to think China is inherently scary because
by jncfhnb 2y ago
> And you're assuming political backroom antics. Neither assumption is borne out in any way beyond the fact you seem to think China is inherently scary because it's China.
I’m not assuming anything. You’re the one claiming that this factoid means something. The onus is entirely on you. A good way to demonstrate this would be something that shows China is systematically less corrupt.
Russia also has arrested individuals for corruption. is that supposed to be evidence that Russia is less corruption friendly than the US?
- CRConrad 2y ago[flagged]
- riehwvfbk 2y agoBy the same token: you are making these statements with the same level of certainty as "water is wet": the US is less corrupt because duh. However, the main reason for your argument is mostly marketing: the US has successfully marketed itself as "free" and "fair" over the years. Whether or not this is factual is very much debatable. Oh, and don't bother looking up studies by US-based think tanks ranking the US as awesome at fighting corruption. Because duh.
- jncfhnb 2y agoThere are many studies that are not run by the US. Even the US based one’s tend to put the US at maybe the bottom of the top quartile. There’s many countries that score significantly better. I think it’s kind of stupid to argue that corruption is more prevalent in the US than China, but mostly I’m just here to shit on the argument that a cherry picked conviction is worth anything as an argument that corruption is less tolerated. Targeted convictions on charges of corruption are like the hallmark of corrupt governments. It’s not a useful data point at all.