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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (22 children)

I don't see what this has to do with the fact that China utilises slave labour from a religious minority group they are currently genociding to aid in their construction and manufacturing sector.

To my knowledge, you go to prison in the US when you commit a crime, as opposed to a labour camp where you are sterilised then made to build Fords under threat of death.

[–] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago (20 children)

America also uses slave prison labour

And America has more incarcerated people than China, despite China having way more people.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (16 children)

Ok, putting aside for a moment China's totally honest and not at all fudged number of incarcerated people...

The US allowing prison labour is something I'm disgusted by.

But it's still a far cry from abducting people based on their religion, sometimes sterilising them so they can't have kids, threatening them with their life, threatening their family, and forcing them to work in factories or in construction, then using that slave labour to undercut and kill foreign competition.

Don't try to twist this into a "you're complaining about China therefore you think the US is great". I'm saying China is far worse. Because they are, and only a complete muppet would think otherwise.

Maybe you're ok with what China does (slavery and genocide), but I am not.

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