Comment on Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoyes it is, because it’s not china holding the world hostage with their trillion dollar military. they are quantitatively different.
saying tens of millions or deaths worldwide (probably even more) and even more kept in poverty is in equal standing with getting into war with your neighbor for a few months is a completely wild exaggeration that serves to both sides an issue that has one prominent cause atm.
artyom@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I’m not going to play this game with you. The US being shit doesn’t excuse China from being shit. Or vise versa. Simple as.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
you still speak as if they are two equally bad supervillains doing equally bad stuff around the world. that’s not how this works.
artyom@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Criticizing one of them on it’s individual merits is very obviously not the same thing as equating both of them.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
then why is doing it to the us “whataboutism”?
yes. it is very deflective to go both sides bad when only one of them is bad. especially considering the context of the fucking world is held hostage by the us and china seems to be the only country really standing up to it.