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actionfromafaryesterday at 10:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

China has no free speech and will start flexing its imperial muscle more now that the US is climbing down from the world stage.

China is alright if you keep your head down and you're not of the wrong ethnicity, locked up in a work camp and not allowed to have kids, or too openly gay or trans and so on.


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Aqua0today at 6:49 AM

The history of civilization over the past 5,000 years proves that China has never been an empire of foreign aggression. On the contrary, look at the 300-year-old modern history of the United States. Take off the tinted glasses of racism and savor it for yourself!

9devyesterday at 10:36 PM

Ah, so you do have free speech, I take it? Unless you criticise a certain assassinated far right activist, of course.

And don’t even get me started on flexing an imperial muscle. South America and the EU would like a word.

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Insanityyesterday at 10:22 PM

US is regressing on trans rights, abortion, etc. Free speech is under threat with the president “attacking” media institutions. You have daylight murder by federal agents followed by propaganda campaigns to blame the victims themselves or on the Democratic Party to create more political friction.

No one is saying China is perfect in these threads, we’re just saying the US isn’t necessarily better. Two countries can be shitty simultaneously.

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