[europeanperson]

What's wrong with reminding people (who are probably from the US) that their government is worse? The whataboutism that I see most on Hacker News is Americans complaining about the Chinese government, while their own country has a horrible record when it comes to human rights (Iraq War) and democracy (regime changes organised by the CIA).

[post_below]

As an American I make no claims about this country's righteousness. I'd put it on the top ten list of most evil countries without hesitation.

But it's hard to take the argument that it's worse than China seriously.