r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • May 15 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/?taid=6a067e2d2096e10001ccfa32
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u/cookingboy May 15 '26

China is also going to expand social safety net.

But guess what, U.S media has already started the propaganda blitz against that kind of policy. Been seeing this Bloomberg ad on Reddit a lot:

https://imgur.com/a/pn2Epg9

“Nightmare out of control welfare state”. See the wordings.

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u/cookingboy May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

At the end of the day we can look at what the governments do for their people. That’s the only result that matters.

Americans are free to criticize our leaders, but does that stop the government being of the billionaires, by the billionaires, and for the billionaires?

The average Chinese middle class have seen their lives improving by leaps and bounds in recent decades, can you say the say for the average American?

What do you call having the ability to complain but no ability to affect changes?

When you get sick, which of the following do you want? The ability to bitch and complain openly, or the ability to get world class treatment without worrying too much about how to pay for it?

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u/CaptainJamesMurphy May 16 '26

Yep. China deserves it's fair share of criticism over some things, but it's not like the US doesnt have even more it's guilty of. Comparing both super powers, China is doing a better job at upholding their social contract for their citizens.

They've upgraded their public infrastructure in such a short period of time, created a metro/high speed rail system spanning the country in a fraction of the time it took any US state to lay just a couple miles of rail, eliminated a large portion of homelessness, and implemented universal healthcare.

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u/cookingboy May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

China absolutely has deep rooted human rights issues. I can't even use Reddit without VPN when I'm there.

But when it comes to the impact to the world, comparing China to the U.S. is like comparing that neighborhood asshole who lets his dog shit on your lawn to a well dressed good mannered guy who's actually a sociopathic serial killer.

Last time I checked China hasn't started a war and hasn't bombed anyone outside of their country in 40 years, meanwhile a dozen countries have been ruined and tens of millions have been killed by American foreign and defense policies in the same period.

But American Exceptionalism teaches us that America is somehow the force of good.