| ▲ | virgil_disgr4ce 4 hours ago |
| China is an authoritarian regime that brutally punishes dissidents. Just throwing this out there because apparently everyone seems to have forgotten this. |
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| ▲ | maxglute 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| PRC slapping fraction of % dissidents is magnitude more benevolent than US incarceration complex. Authoritarian system that delivers is better than sclerotic "democracy" that doesn't. Just throwing this out there because apparently LIO ideologues never seem to learn this. |
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| ▲ | krapp 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The US is not a moral agent - it counts authoritarian regimes that brutally punish dissidents among its closest allies. |
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| ▲ | forestrywat 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| So is the US, to be honest. |
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| ▲ | isatty 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Not even close to the same level as China. What’s up with whitewashing China on all online platforms these days? You, on hacker news, should know better. | | |
| ▲ | forestrywat 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | There are people being arrested for being in Signal chats where non violent protests are being discussed. People being arrested for carrying water bottles. ICE is shooting people who are not even in the way, just making noise across the street. Rubio called the DSA a terrorist organization. And second, I don't think I said "at the same level as China". It can be the case that both countries are authoritarian and punishing dissidents. And still be the case that China is worse. | |
| ▲ | bothers 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > Not even close to the same level as China. Have you been paying attention? At all? The US is really trying to cut off its own legs and branding it as removing unnecessary weight. Give it time, we'll get there. | |
| ▲ | virgil_disgr4ce 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yeah I'm wondering the same thing. It's bizarre and unsettling and seems off-brand for HN. |
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