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by solenoid0937 30 days ago
> The US just sent someone to prison for 30 years for passing out political magazines at a protest.

You are grossly misinformed if you think this is comparable. Do you know what China does to their human rights lawyers!? They get shipped off to concentration camps, get forced to eat their own shit, raped, tortured, and/or killed.

57k people disappeared since 2013, 5-15k more every year, and no one dares to criticize the government anymore.

If you criticize the government you get a friendly "visit" from the police. Do it again and you spend 6 months in prison without trial; again, and you're "disappeared" (to the same camps.)

You cannot even watch most media unless the government lets you.

If you truly think these countries are remotely comparable in human rights, your liberal arts education has totally and utterly failed you! Spend some time outside of the tech bubble for your own sake.