• 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    20 hours ago

    buy the car that isnt overtly a fascist car.

    that isn’t really an argument in favor of china 😂

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      14 minutes ago

      They manufacture everything, they are just people chilling in their country. Say what you will about their form of government but BYD havent invested in hurting people for no reason.

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      15 hours ago

      China famously doesn’t have a far-right problem, unlike the EU or the USA, what are you talking about?

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        9 hours ago

        unless you for some reason like leftist dictator who would like to rule the world more than the right one, there isn’t really practical difference in this

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          3 hours ago

          China would love so much to rule the world, that’s why it hasn’t entered any war in the past 40+ years, and that’s why all countries in the global south are happy to enter the comparably advantageous economic deals and infrastructure investments that China offers in comparison with the magnificent western democracies.

          How many countries has China bombed in the past 40 years? Let’s now make a list for the USA, see who wins!

          As for “dictator”, look at the approval rates of Xi in China and compare them to those of Kid Starver in the UK, Trump in the US, or Macron in France. I guess democracy is best represented by the system that lets you choose which hateful ghoul will apply social austerity policy and invest 5% of GDP in NATO.

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            15 minutes ago

            I agree until the last part. Democracies have more freedoms allowing for more accurate polling. There is also less fear of consequences for being open. Countries should be able to defend themselves, 5% is a step toward peace. The cold war never became hot because of the investment in defence.