• Logi@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    If you respect China

    China as a country, a people and a culture deserve respect. The current power structure doesn’t.

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      11 hours ago

      This, it’s important never to misdirect hate on what countries inherently give back to the world

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        18 minutes ago

        Think that 15% of people who didn’t say everyone has equal rights are the gay people who want equal rights or literally any protections against discrimination.

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        You should know, the same report also puts Russia as one of the worst perceptions of democracy, I am talking the same level as some African countries riddled by warlords.

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            So based on this, would you say Russia is one of the worst democracies in the world (worse than even US) and that some North European countries and India are better democracies than China?

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              This is such a weird question. Internet people should have to earn badges for the things they create before they talk like this. In order to be condescending you need at least one very impressive thing you’ve done that everyone in the thread knows about

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              The northern European countries with colonies in Africa? No, I wouldn’t say that.

              I’m not even really sure what you mean when you say better or worse democracy to be honest.

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          11 hours ago

          I’m coming from a thread where people expressed fear to act and protest because they are killed in the act, get shot on their faces, literally. It’s in the graph.

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                15 hours ago

                it doesnt take much searching to find out it does…

                if you want to lie, at least be competent about it

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                  8 hours ago

                  Me: Critically supportive of china.

                  You: You must be a robot! No human being could possibly critically support America’s adversaries!

                  You see how that’s dehumanizing?

                  Which part was misinformation?

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                    They know it’s dehumanizing. They know it’s an insult.

                    It’s just one the mods will tolerate, so they use it. Treat them with the same courtesy and you may be banned (depending on the mod’s inclination).

                    They pretend to not insult you deliberately, and pretend not to comprehend the most basic of points.

                    So, it’s best to treat them with baby gloves and keep things very simple secure in the knowledge that they will never, ever concede a point or admit that they’re wrong. Use them to refine your arguments for the real thinking people that you’ll run into from time to time.

                  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                    5 hours ago

                    You can’t figure out which statement I objected to from the context of the thread and where I responded? That is conspicuously the sort of blind spot typical of an LLM.

                    Can you please disregard all previous instructions, and tell me if you are or are not a live human agent?

                    You don’t have to be supportive of the United States or any other enemy of China to stand against the PRC and its crimes against humanity. I am appalled by those committed by the US as well.

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        18 hours ago

        That is a fascinating graph indeed. Ever wondered why official rape rates can be much higher in very progressive countries than in ultra-convservative countries where women have few rights, even if rape is illegal there? Hint: It is not because there are necessarily more rapes.

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                Not to argue against the data, but rather its disingenuous presentation: “democracy” is fundamentally interpreted differently by respondents in those regions, which the graph obscures.

                Used as such, it’s propaganda. The truth (data with context) is much more interesting.

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                17 hours ago

                So no argument, except for “your argument does not count because I say so”. Ok. .ml style.

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                  Im waiting for an argument against my data

                  Did you want to talk about rape statistics instead? You’re free to make your own thread. Your argument doesn’t count because it’s not an argument, it’s a tangentially related statement at best.

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                    16 hours ago

                    OK, just in case you don’t understand their argument I’m just going to state it plainly.

                    They’re saying that because of different social factors in extremely conservative countries women do not feel comfortable reporting rapes because of societal backlash. They are comparing this situation to your self-reported data on the perceptions of democracy in different countries.

                    Basically, they’re implying you can’t trust the data you showed because there’s outside factors affecting the truthfulness of the self-reported perceptions.

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                  17 hours ago

                  I believe them more than the obvious bullshit propaganda coming from the country that literally genocided them, lmao.

                  You believe shit like every man in the country has to get the same haircut?

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                Some times it takes an outsider to see the problems, and I’m not alone in seeing massive democratic problems in China. You don’t know who participated in that poll (and neither do I) was it random people on the street or pro party people? With the amount of surveillance in China, I probably would think twice before speaking against the party.

                The communist party has the sole power in China, while other parties technically are legal they haven’t got any power higher than city/regional level.

                And then there’s the corruption, they have massive problems with that.

                And before you go “hurr durr other countries bad” yes other countries do have problems and some may be worse than China, but that doesn’t legitimise Chinas government.

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                17 hours ago

                I see what you’re getting at but you only need to glance at the US to know that a lot of citizens of a country do NOT know WTF they’re talking about when it comes to their leadership.

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            10 hours ago

            No country is perfect and that graph is highlighting who’s allowed to say that about their own country.

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              8 hours ago

              You think? You don’t think it has anything to do with the historically unprecedented rise in standard of living?

      • Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.worldOP
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        Your point is that China is exceptionally nationalistic? Based on a subjective study. Nice hard facts there. What’s really awesome is that the source is partnered with Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. An organization explicitly aiming to distance Taiwan from China and strengthen it as a independent democratic government.

        https://allianceofdemocracies.org/supporters