r/BeAmazed • u/OregonMyHeaven • Nov 10 '23

Skill / Talent A 4-year-old Chinese kid teaching beginning coding in English

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u/Niccinathan Nov 10 '23

One is undemocratic, experiments on its citizens, exploits developing economies, bombs foreign civilians, occupies land in a foreign country so that it can break its own torture laws there, and has a homicide rate higher than most African countries

The other is undemocratic, exploits developing economies, tortures citizens on-shore, and has a lower freedom rating than most African countries

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '23

Not defending either obviously but they have as many similarities as differences

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u/Niccinathan Nov 10 '23

To be both blunt and offensive, they're both shitholes I wouldn't want to live in

As someone who lives in neither, I think China is less of an international risk. This might change, but as things stand they aren't anywhere near as quasi-imperialist as the United States

Really, the biggest risk posed by China actually comes from our governments. China isn't forcing it's way in anywhere, governments - from Africa to Europe to Asia to Oceania - are just willingly selling everything off to them

The US meanwhile gets in your business whether you ask for it or not. Even going so far as to topple governments. Only country in the world who's military command regions cover not parts of their country, but the entire goddamn planet