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[–] taygaloocat@leminal.space 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Both countries have their issues, but certainly Xi Jinping is more trustworthy than Donald Trump.

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

that is a very high bar, as they say in the limbo biz.

[–] Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

only one of the governments is run by a bunch of pedophiles being blackmailed by mossad

[–] balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let's start with: governments are untrustworthy being made of people

So who told you china is trustworthy?

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 0 points 2 months ago

These all sound good for the Chinese as a people, my question was about the government being trustworthy in what it tells people.

1st and 3rd links seem potentially good, the wage increase...you must know that's a terrible comparison.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, all government sponsored sources are going to be biased. No media should be trusted wholesale

[–] durduramayacaklar@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Soviet Union was making news about extermination camps during WW2 and Westerner media blocked those news because of COMMIE propaganda. US lifted the block only when they reached the German mainland. SU was reporting from Poland at that time.

So, your argument is invalidated. We need to look for governments who people put theirs trust on.

[–] Empathy@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it just the US saying not to trust the Chinese government?

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The US and our lackeys, yes

[–] Empathy@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago

Who are those lackeys?

[–] balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

But don't you define lackeys as being people who also say china isn't trustworthy? Ie it's a circular logic you seem to got there, based on past ml experiences.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It would only be circular if their agreement on China was the sole indication of their subservience to US interests, that is not the case

[–] Empathy@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what are some of the other indicators?

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

US military bases

[–] Stormcrow@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 months ago

He said he doesn't trust both the US and China, he never says someone told him anything. I'm thinking false dilemma?

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 months ago

Everybody Sucks Here. I experience it first hand on a daily basis.