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Russia and China being ok hinges on them being equally shit when compared to other authoritarian governments? Someone has some low standards.
I agree, all of the countries you described are horrible. I feel this wasn't your intended takeaway, I guess you should've compared Sweden to Russia or, maybe Canada... but then your argument would've fallen apart, so I get it.
Do you have the perfect vanilla cupcake recipe? Your user name means you have to have this knowledge
My username is a play on the character names from the fictional game "Sugar Rush" from Wreck it Ralph.
They're wildly different places, governmented by entirely different systems. But American plutocrats hate them, so we all get an endless earful about how they're nations run by savages.
Stop getting your political views from a bunch of sweatshop dancers doing magical realism interpretive dance for the Falun Gong cult.
Stop getting your views from dictatorial governments with human rights violations within the last five years and zero press freedom outside of state media.
Thank fuck you didn't put North Korea on a pedestal.
My brother in Christ, what primary school did you think you went to?