No, it is not its shady history, is its present. The US still has policies against African Americans. It still has Guatanamo Bay. It is bombing innocent civilians in the middle east. It is still detaining children for the crime of crossing its borders and expelling people who came to ask for legal Asylum. It is still persecuting whistle blowers. It still has a world wide program of wiretapping. It is pure hypocrisy to talk about China as a human rights abuser when the list of US abuses is this long.
I think the big difference here is that you're allowed to talk about those things on Hacker News without getting your internet shut off or a talking to by the appropriate authorities.
> It is pure hypocrisy to talk about China as a human rights abuser when the list of US abuses is this long.
China is operating prison camps for somewhere between 1 and 3 million of its own citizens. Guantanamo Bay at it's height housed 143 people. The US treats whistleblowers harshly, China disappears people without so much as a legal case against them.
My goodness does anyone have a sense of proportion of the scale criminally here?
No, it is not its shady history, is its present. The US still has policies against African Americans. It still has Guatanamo Bay. It is bombing innocent civilians in the middle east. It is still detaining children for the crime of crossing its borders and expelling people who came to ask for legal Asylum. It is still persecuting whistle blowers. It still has a world wide program of wiretapping. It is pure hypocrisy to talk about China as a human rights abuser when the list of US abuses is this long.