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Fun fact: It's actually possible for two countries to both be authoritarian!
We Need To Talk About "Authoritarianism"
The US killed a million innocent people in Iraq just a few years ago, and is *currently * drone bombing several countries in ME and north africa, and is currently supporting the apartheid state of israel with billions of dollars in military aid.
The PRC has not been in a war since its skirmish with Vietnam in 1979.
The US has a network of > 800 military bases across the globe, and has been involved in regime change in nearly every country.
Which one is authoritarian?
"They can both be authoritarian"
"WELL USA INVADED IRAQ"
Lmao
Which one is currently genociding Uhygurs? Which one illegally annexed Tibet and Hong Kong? Both countries are authoritarian shit-holes.
what
Like I can get not agreeing with it but illegally annexed how do you expect to be taken even a little seriously
I keep hearing 'illegal war' in the media.
What the fuck is a legal war? A war faught by lawyers?
Lol Tibet was still cutting off boys genitals to serve the lamas when china 'invaded'
Only one country is genociding muslins.
"illegally annexed" Hong Kong LMAO
Uighurs
Tibet
Supporting Russia in Ukraine
It's possible, but it's objectively not the case. Don't take my word for it though, it's what people actually living in China say.
"Authoritarian" is largely a meaningless term. All it really means is one group using force against another group, but it doesn't say anything about which group is which. In the US Empire, the capitalists use the state to crush the workers, and export genocide and chaos to the global south. In the PRC, the working class uses the state to keep the capitalists in check as they progress and develop along socialist lines. This stark difference in which class is in power is shown with immense popular support in the PRC:
The state used the police to crush the working class when they demanded the money from the banks that invested it in a runaway housing scam.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/china-violent-clashes-at-protest-over-frozen-rural-bank-accounts
You are believing in a fantasy. There are countless countries around the world that are arguably more socialist than China without even calling themselves such. Quite frankly, I trust actions and numbers more than words.
@KoboldCoterie
Exactly this.