Father László Ladány's first rule of China-watching was just such a warning: "Remember that no one living in a free society ever has a full understanding of life in a regimented society."
Exactly. irritates me whenever I talk about human right abuse, online surveillance, etc., some Americans will say, “Our government is the same.” No, it’s not the same. They can’t imagine what an authoritarian government is like and what it means to be a citizen in such a countryhttps://twitter.com/BaldingsWorld/status/1048273021448978432 …
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Indeed, and often such sentiments are expressed on social media: an act that would be likely get an equivalent in China arrested, or at least censored.
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'...be likely to get...' etc.
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I think this should be tweet of the year.
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Do u get irritated too that year after year US police kill significantly more US citizens than the police of China on her citizens? Do u wonder why authoritarian China has fewer prisoners than democratic USA, considering she is much poorer, yet it has less violent crimes.
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Why comparing the amount of gross human right violation & evil deed by the CCP and USGov, violation is violation. The only difference, CCP does it to its own ppl the latter to both its own ppl & other countries. USGov see no violation of its own & its allies like SaudiA & Israel.
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At least Americans can say 'our gov. is the same' but Chinese can't say the same words to our authoritarian gov.
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I've been saying this every chance I get... Very frustrating...
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Not same, but in some ways worse. Look at this article about an international network for disappearing people, run by the U.S., and catching many completely innocent people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition …
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"No, it’s not the same. " -- well said.
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