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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't like how you make it seem like the US is the average western country.

It is one of the worst in terms of everything except money and military.

If you compare China with an actual average western country, like France or Spain. Then China looks a lot less hospitable. With its giant face tracking infrastructure, the anti-privacy devices and apps, the genocides of Uyghurs and castrations of Muslims.

I like how China is improving massively, but it still is closer to the US than it is to Finland in terms of population happiness and freedom.

[–] flan@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

The US is the hegemon of the West, they call the shots. It's reasonable to talk about US in place of the west.

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

the genocides of Uyghurs and castrations of Muslims.

zenzposting

love how you euros pretend to give a shit about muslims