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I trust China more than I trust any US government agency. It was the US who was doing 'rendition flights' to kidnap random countries' citizens and then torture

by zrn900 11mo ago

I trust China more than I trust any US government agency. It was the US who was doing 'rendition flights' to kidnap random countries' citizens and then torture them nonstop. Some of those kidnapped still havent been released after 20 years.

guywithahat 11mo ago
Boy are you in for a surprise when you learn what China does to its own citizens. There is a certain irony that when a government has checks and balances, it can investigate itself, make the information public, and people may freely criticize the government. If you remove peoples ability to know what's happening or criticize their government, it can appear more fair but only through sheer ignorance
- zrn900 11mo ago
  > Boy are you in for a surprise when you learn what China does to its own citizens. Hanging corrupt officials and bankers? Horrible. > checks and balances Anti-democratic concept that Americans keep throwing around without knowing its meaning. The only reason those 'checks and balances' were created was to prevent the majority from voting away the minority's wealth. John Adams openly advocated for it and crafted it into the constitution. > people may freely criticize the government Meaningless. Americans havent been able to effect any change in economic or foreign policy for ~50+ years now. Even the Civil Rights gains were eroded systematically. > peoples ability to know what's happening or criticize their government Chinese can openly criticize anything as long as it doesnt take the form of trying to depose the state. Anything that is censored goes into a central database to be used as statistics to improve policy. What are Americans doing in the meantime? Watching a sh*tshow as their country murders children overseas while Americans themselves are not able to even get by. And all of this without mentioning how the US government is openly persecuting and even prosecuting anyone who criticizes the genocide that a foreign government is committing. > sheer ignorance The people who dont even know the history of their own constitution and how it was crafted and by whom should shut up about ignorance.

by zrn900 11mo ago

guywithahat 11mo ago

Boy are you in for a surprise when you learn what China does to its own citizens. There is a certain irony that when a government has checks and balances, it can investigate itself, make the information public, and people may freely criticize the government. If you remove peoples ability to know what's happening or criticize their government, it can appear more fair but only through sheer ignorance

zrn900 11mo ago
> Boy are you in for a surprise when you learn what China does to its own citizens. Hanging corrupt officials and bankers? Horrible. > checks and balances Anti-democratic concept that Americans keep throwing around without knowing its meaning. The only reason those 'checks and balances' were created was to prevent the majority from voting away the minority's wealth. John Adams openly advocated for it and crafted it into the constitution. > people may freely criticize the government Meaningless. Americans havent been able to effect any change in economic or foreign policy for ~50+ years now. Even the Civil Rights gains were eroded systematically. > peoples ability to know what's happening or criticize their government Chinese can openly criticize anything as long as it doesnt take the form of trying to depose the state. Anything that is censored goes into a central database to be used as statistics to improve policy. What are Americans doing in the meantime? Watching a sh*tshow as their country murders children overseas while Americans themselves are not able to even get by. And all of this without mentioning how the US government is openly persecuting and even prosecuting anyone who criticizes the genocide that a foreign government is committing. > sheer ignorance The people who dont even know the history of their own constitution and how it was crafted and by whom should shut up about ignorance.