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> The world sucks. Whataboutism only makes it worse. If you believe this, why did you just go "well, what about China?"
by orhmeh09 8mo ago
> The world sucks. Whataboutism only makes it worse.
If you believe this, why did you just go "well, what about China?"
- ajross 8mo agoThere's clearly a difference between "what about" as a distraction technique (introducing an unrelated argument to avoid having to defend the original) and pointing out the existence of a clearly related issue. This is "youforgotaboutism", if you must label it. Basically: analysis of international relations and influence techniques can only be correct when it treats with the influence of all parties, and not just the US. You agree with that framing, right?