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by jolux 1844 days ago
> Why is complicity in abuse of populations suddenly a problem?

It's always been a problem, but it's best to make whatever strides to resolve it that we can.

> The US imprisons more than China does

Sure, but it is not currently engaged in a genocide. Standards for due process are also stronger in the US than in China, and you don't get thrown in jail for criticizing the government either.

The US prison system being bad does not make China's abuses any less serious. They are still much worse than what the US does.

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The US is the one with widely documented concentration camps on the border.

And last year showed us just how much due process is ignored and political prisoners persecuted, if previous history wasn’t enough.

> The US is the one with widely documented concentration camps on the border.

That's for people crossing in, and on average they're only in there for a couple days. The current population is around 10k people. It's a problem but it's absolutely nothing compared to putting entire groups into concentration camps. We did that once, but it sure wasn't any time recently.

> And last year showed us just how much due process is ignored and political prisoners persecuted, if previous history wasn’t enough.

It did?