[kubb]

Maybe because in 50 western countries nobody bothers you and the 1 exception, the UK did some weird stuff with online policing. The courts don’t sentence for that even in the UK, all you hear about are police actions.

They’re also declining hard because of brexit and maybe fear public unrest.

And in China for dissent you go to a reeducation camp. Or maybe the China incidents aren’t newsworthy, just expected.

[chii]

> And in China for dissent you go to a reeducation camp.

that may be true, but in the US, you get shot?

[afavour]

Not that I want to defend US police but even in Trump’s America that’s largely untrue. Folks are still able to protest.

The situation is worse than it has been in the past but it’s not at China equivalence levels.