Why do you have to pick one or the other? Can we not recognize that the governments of western nations and the government of China are all evil institutions that cause far more harm than they ever could benefit?
China raised more people out of poverty than any other government in history, and certainly more than any non government group. The amount of good they’ve done is truly amazing, with absolute minimal harm when honestly compared with their western counterparts.
Would it be better to not have any institution and have automated luxury gay space communism? Sure. But we’re never getting there from a western society.
Again, both are shitty. In fact, not just both, but all. All hierarchical power structures are just plain evil. I’m not interested in parsing which evil is more evil. The Chinese government is an evil institution. The US government is an evil institution.
yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Better China than the West. At least slavery is banned in China.
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
As long as you’re not Muslim.
yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
China has more mosques than the US, and Xinjiang is majority Muslim.
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
They also have more concentration erh, I mean, re-education camps. For now, at least.
vvilld@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why do you have to pick one or the other? Can we not recognize that the governments of western nations and the government of China are all evil institutions that cause far more harm than they ever could benefit?
yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
‘recognize’ is a weird word for ‘delude’.
China raised more people out of poverty than any other government in history, and certainly more than any non government group. The amount of good they’ve done is truly amazing, with absolute minimal harm when honestly compared with their western counterparts.
Would it be better to not have any institution and have automated luxury gay space communism? Sure. But we’re never getting there from a western society.
vvilld@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Again, both are shitty. In fact, not just both, but all. All hierarchical power structures are just plain evil. I’m not interested in parsing which evil is more evil. The Chinese government is an evil institution. The US government is an evil institution.