[nyokodo]

> in the USA there's a visible cohort of people being marginalised and sent into a life of despair

This is important but not in this context. When the global stakes are cultural oblivion, genocide, and the destruction of entire nations, focusing on American homelessness or incarceration is at best cultural narcissism but more often than not it’s also equivocation and sometimes even apologetics for genocidal regimes.

[Rinzler89]

Where the hell did you read that I was crating apologetics for china's genocide by pointing out flaws with the US?

Just because China is doing terrible things doesn't somehow make US problems any less severe.