[_sojh]

Ever heard of Guantanamo bay? Ask those people (those alive) if our country’s government has the ability to illegally arrest and detain people, torture them, kill them. They straight up said all this shit is illegal so we can’t do it in the US, we have to break our laws in some place we can’t be held accountable to them. That’s our government. Want more examples of illegally detaining, beating, and letting people die? Ask the folks locked up in cages when they come here seeking asylum, some of them kids, who die of starvation while being held against their will for showing up at the door and knocking. I’ll stop there but we should knock off the “them bad, us good” bullshit because all of the governments are shit that do horrible things, and america is world famous for drone striking entire families just to get one dude we labeled terrorist (our free pass to do whatever the fuck we want to someone), and dropping nuclear bombs on cities filled with innocent civilians, twice, when intel suggested a surrender was imminent without having yet dropped one.

When you point your finger at someone, you have 4 pointing back at yourself.

[mafuy]

I think you and the parent post agree actually - read it again :)

[ransackdev]

The US government doesn’t have legal permission to kidnap and murder you, not within the US. So it seemed to me like the comment was about china, sparking my reply. The comment could honestly apply to either imo, and maybe that’s the point. Do cops arrest people and kill them? Way too often. Those cops should be charged with crimes. But cops not being charged with crimes is not the same as it being legal, even if the end results are both the same. Or are we talking about the ability to imprison a criminal and put them to death for their crimes?

This is the problem with the original comment, it’s way to vague, or I’ve failed to make sense of it.

[thefbi]

I am speaking of america or whichever your own local government or country is. Your government practically speaking has the legal monopoly to murder, torture and kidnap you. Chinese (if you aren't Chinese and not on their territory) does not have any legal power over you.

[thefbi]

It applies to all governments but you are always at most risk from your local government.