And if something did maybe happen, it’s the CIA’s fault

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    12 hours ago

    The people control that regime in a much more robust democracy than the US has.

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        Criticizing a “regime” run by democracy, both direct and representative, is criticizing the people. It’s also criticizing a race, in this case, as you people never evolved past the “sneaky Chinaman” stereotype in your criticisms.

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          No, again, it’s not. Once elected the government can go against the people’s will. Try again.

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          So because you assume China to be a democracy, other people are racist for criticizing the government?

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      Let’s agree that both are bad. What is your goal with this whataboutism?

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        The implication of what they’re saying is that the Chinese government’s actions generally represent the will of the Chinese people so you can’t just separate them like you can with America.

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          Do you agree with this implication or did you just explain it to me? Because I would never equate the actions of the government of a nation state with the people who happen to live there