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by matlock 3326 days ago
>Obviously in the US there's more checks and balances, to make a company's statement more believable. Or that's what we believe anyway...

Without significant prove that this is not the case this handwaving way of comparing the US democratic state to China is just wrong. From Consumer protection to free and fair elections the US system is almost nothing alike the chinese system. Of course the US has massive issues (as do other Western democratic nations) but this handwavy "well they just don't tell you' stuff without actual good data behind is just destroys any credibility and is a huge problem for our democracies. Please stop doing it unless you provide exhaustive evidence.
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netsharc 3326 days ago
Consumer protection? Let's ask the people in Flint how their water is. Free and fair elections? Yikes, you want to talk about this during this regime? How about voter suppression, gerrymandering, making sure minority districts have to queue for hours on voting day, electronic voting booths with accessible SD-card slots? Just because it's not covered on FOX News, it doesn't mean the problems are not there.

Or maybe oooh "We have massive issues, but China is worse.".

Also I don't think Obama ever did any curtailing of the NSA's program. Hello to the NSA machine reading this!

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cryptarch 3326 days ago
Why would the standard of evidence for US totalitarianism be higher than for Chinese totalitarianism?

Because "it's obvious in the case of China"?

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