cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25378355

“No bro you see no one was turned into gore paste IN the square itself, it was the SIDE streets, and besides, they should have Just Complied anyway, so it’s all Western lies”

  • Kacarott@aussie.zone
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    13 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.

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      13 days ago

      That’s fair. But I’d rather focus on things in my own country where I (theoretically) have some say over what happens. The only means I have really over the Chinese government would be through the US government interfering. That’s not to say the affairs of other countries aren’t important to pay attention to and understand from an academic standpoint, but I don’t see how I’m supposed to effect change in China through criticism from abroad.