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Maranaranag t1_iy2w047 wrote

Reply to comment by AbjectAttrition in Canada unveils Indo-Pacific strategy to grow trade and counter China by KimCureAll

I don't understand why we have to hide behind a veneer of kumbaya here. Notwithstanding the challenges the US faces, for many people, living a quiet, safe life in a nice clean suburb is preferable. Plenty of immigrants to western countries prove this. They are just better places to live and raise children. How many people are lining up to live in Russian apartment blocks or to be social-creditized in China? Next to none.

So, yes - one is preferable over the other and I don't see why we have to give equal time to oppressive systems.

China had plenty of thousands of years of their civilization to have a say in the world, but were so arrogant that they imagined themselves at the center of it. Now, somehow they want to globalize their tribute system? Sorry - no thanks.

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AbjectAttrition t1_iy3tkgp wrote

This sort of psychotic comment is what you get when you unironically believe America is the best country in the world and all others are hellscapes with nothing to offer.

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DemSocCorvid t1_iy4udp6 wrote

The West is objectively a better region to live, and the rest of the world has less to offer. Say what you will about "why" that is, but that is the case currently.

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