| ▲ | killerstorm 2 hours ago |
| I'm sure there are people in Russia, China, ... who don't feel like they're living in an authoritarian country. |
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| ▲ | tene80i an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| If you think Britain and Russia or China are equivalent in terms of government overreach, you need to find new sources of information. |
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| ▲ | nonethewiser 42 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > If you think Britain and Russia or China are equivalent in terms of government overreach, you need to find new sources of information. Uh... you are making his point. People from way more authoritarian countries don't necessarily feel like they are living in an authoritarian country. Therefore whether or not it "feels" like you are living in one isn't a reliable measure. | | |
| ▲ | tene80i 21 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Trivially true I suppose, but it doesn’t make my point irrelevant - do you think Britain is equivalent to China and Russia? If everyone does but us then yes my goodness they’ve done a good job controlling us, but that seems far fetched. |
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| ▲ | ebbi an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It's true (from a perception perspective): China soars in democratic perception ranking as US, Israel plummet: Poll https://thecradle.co/articles/china-soars-in-democratic-perc... |
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