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Yeah oppression is universal to some extent. But there's a big difference between a government that says "everyone is equal before the law" but which sometimes breaks those rules and a country that says "the law is what we say it is"
Which one functions better as a whole, given our current social problems, I don't know. But from a personal point of view I'm very happy to live and have grown up somewhere relatively free.
If you oversimplify to the degree that "all governments use oppressive tactics some times" then yeah you're right. Obviously. But how many communists is the US holding in reeducation camps at the moment? How many cartoon characters are banned because they look like the president?
And again I understand our current trajectory doesn't look great, I understand our governments can also use oppressive tactics at times. But to say CCP and the US government are identical is just blatantly disingenuous.
Jesus Christ "Chinaman"? I think you need to lay off the coffee a bit friend.
But yeah oppressive, proudly dictatorial governments are worse than ours, at least if you value free citizenship, democracy and rule of law, flawed as it may be.
I'm fairly sure I wasn't defending corporate abuse of power. But hey if it makes you feel better to kick a strawman, be my guest.