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  • Kacarott@aussie.zonetoMemes@sopuli.xyzMemory Wiped
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    11 days ago

    Well first, the US political system is a total mess. In any good system the amount of criticism McConnell gets should impact him, thereby making the ability to criticise valuable.

    But yes, I certainly don’t think that China is the dystopian nightmare that it is sometimes portrayed as, and it certainly does many things well. However covering up tragedies is still a point worth criticising, and any point worth criticising is worth criticising often (in the hopes that it might change one day).

    And this goes for any country, good and bad (by whatever metric one might decide that with). We should praise the good aspects, while criticising the bad. And both aspects should be open to honest discussion.


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    11 days ago

    The reason I think it is somewhat of a big deal is less the fact that it happened, but rather the fact that the Chinese government seems like it tries to hide it, or at least downplays it a lot.

    Compare with Germany, where some of the most horrific events in history took place. But Germany acknowledges it and actively teaches people about how bad it was.

    The current Chinese government still seems to be trying to cover up for the mistakes of a previous government. (At least, as far as I am aware)