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Though he did clarify they don't have a worse police state than the US. He just both-sides it.

Edit - It's a law of hexbear that every discussion must turn into a struggle session. Especially if the discussion involves China.

  • ItGoesItGoes [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Or you know, we could just point out the fact that China is not a brutal police state, instead of assuming it is because, of course, it's China, so how could it not be, Western media told me so. This is mainly for @wtypstanaccount04.

    Seriously, as someone that lives in China, sometimes is disgusting to see the ignorance and racisim (yes, from a position of total ignorance without having lived in China, nor knowing how to speak Chinese, assuming that Chinese are always doing bad things is quite racist) displayed here.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]M
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, I'm a good old boy from the Eastern US lol. If I can get over my national chauvinism and understand that the order of magnitude of the issues at play here are incomparable, I can't think of any other demographic that should get a pass.

      Like holy shit people, most cops in China don't even carry weapons and they're a significantly smaller portion of the population. They're basically organized in the way the most radical US police reform proposals suggest.

      • ItGoesItGoes [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Not most cops, all normal cops don't carry guns. Only the armed police can carry one, and they are quite uncommon. I have personally never seen one, and I live in the capital of China. Comparing China to the US in terms of police brutality, or police state is a big joke. Cops are a joke in China, and I mean it in the good sense.