But the US is not an authoritarian shithole
ha good one
But the US is not an authoritarian shithole, which develops its domestic industries on industrial espionage and stolen intellectual property. Unlike… China. The TSA doesn’t get orders from the US government to steal trade secrets and other critical information from business people, in order to boost US industries.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
You can’t compare that to China by any means. I know that American democracy is incredibly flawed (e.g. 2-party system, electoral college, etc.), but China is a straight-up dictatorship, and downplaying it doesn’t fix any of the issues that exist in the US.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
is this the whataboutism i hear about?
can a country with gerrymandering and the electoral college (where most of the population hates its leaders regardless of party affiliation) be considered anything other than a dictatorship?
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Ok so the initial post was about China, then some commenter compared it to the US, but now talking about China is somehow “whataboutism”. Lemmy.ml people really have their own kind of logic.
Specal@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean SCOTUS just made a ruling getting ready to make trump king of the US…
I wouldn’t put the US on such a pedestal
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Guess who nominated these SCOTUS judges at the end of his presidency?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Um… its called checks and balances, sweetie.
The King selects the priests and the High Priest coordinates the wealthiest member of the royal court to be the next king. We live in the fairest, freest, and most godly country in the world, because we adhere to the ancient edicts of our Holy Forefathers. And if you don’t like that, you’ve probably been brainwashed by the unholy barbaric savages from across the ocean.