American “Revolution”: The “Black Hole” of American Electioneering and the Lessons China Must Draw — Qiao Collective
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The assumption that the US political system is "perfect" prevents systemic critiques of American liberalism and individualism, Chinese blogger Tu Zhuxi argues.

Everyone outside the imperial core is subjected to the American/European outside observer, the least you can do is return the favor.

Maybe it'll stop some people from going "China bad this. China bad that" when they haven't read a single letter from someone who lives there.

  • star_wraith [he/him]
    1·
    4 years ago

    I summarized thirteen reasons for the U.S.’s weak response to the epidemic:

    1. Government system: the separation of powers between the federal, state, and local governments

    Fucking THIS. I don't want to discount the other 12 reasons the author cites, but it drives me nuts that NO ONE in the media has ever brought this up over the last 4 months. Our insane obsession with states rights and doing things just because some rich slavers set things up that way ~250 years ago means we will not be able to handle this pandemic or ones in the future. Letting each state, county, and municipality make their own rules in a PANDEMIC means you're just gonna be playing whack-a-mole until a vaccine or cure is found. But got forbid we dare question the wisdom of the founding fathers in setting up this system.

      • Divine_Chaos100 [none/use name]
        3·
        4 years ago

        Does anyone think that the decision to shut china down and enforce an all out lockdoen at 1000 deaths of a flu like virus in a billion people country would ever arise as majority supported horizontaly made decision among the population

        Yes