I recommend you find some greater value with your time than these wasteful insults. It's clear you're only seeking dopamine from the fake rush you get criticizing strangers from the safety of your anonymity. There's better things like sports or socializing you could be doing.

This is not a logical or reasonable comparison at all. The point is about having a culturally relevant person interested in the topics that allow us to bring relevant perspectives to the table. It's much better as an example than say... a podcast like Joe Rogan and his buddies discussing war tactics.

No, but it's a good way to curb capitalism's negative impacts. The US postal service is great scale. Medicare is another. Taxing the rich and expanding social programs is the correct way to evolve capitalism. Proven by how Reagan and Bush (sr and jr) and Trump have tried to disrupt successful programs with the intent of privatizing.

Sorry, I thought you or someone else had said the UN report confided it wasn't genocide. So I went and found the UN report to point out what it did say. If that wasn't you, I apologize. There are a lot of parallel conversations going on.

But still, wouldn't the UN collective organization have more credibility than the individual accused nation when claiming their side of things?

"The man accused of says he didn't do it. The group of investigators determined it was voluntary manslaughter.."

Since you want to discuss the details of the report and China's response, I will look into both. Please hold.

Holyy shit that's a lot of reading. I got through a lot of it so far and honestly, I'm reaching a point where I don't think I'm smart enough to have any real commentary. I will say the sources are pretty questionable. One of the sites you listed has a .cn address so it's directly controlled by the Chinese government lol. Medium and YouTube and a website claiming to be an independent journalist..

This is probably a conversation for another time, but what if we've entered a period where no information I have or you have is plain fact? It's increasingly likely. We could be both horribly wrong with no other way to prove anything except what is happening with the 5ft circle around us. It makes sense if most media available is controlled by two opposed governments trying to influence their people a certain way that neither have good intel.

It makes sense to me that a country attempting to unify itself in terms of language, economy, politics, etc. would be harsh and even persecute minority religions. It has happened everywhere in history. But it also makes sense the US would deploy destabilizing propaganda and assets into all foreign nations.

Anyways, I'm fine admitting this is beyond my paygrade as a socio-economic and political enthusiast.

I'll concede on the idea that neither of us were there and both of us believe our sources are correct.

Anonymnity is a primary cause for the higher rate of insults in online comments compared to in-person interactions, driven by the "online disinhibition effect". This phenomenon, where users feel unchained from typical social standards, leads to increased toxicity, lack of accountability, and dehumanization of others.

Whatever eats at you, I hope improves. We're all in this life together.

I only argue in good faith. The very idea that people deserve toxicity is more aligned with fascism than anything I've said.

I'll seriously consider what you've said with supporting evidence. It's the first I've heard of this. I'm open to being taught.

One of my experiences in China was witnessing an underground Muslim gathering and religious ceremony. We were warned about why they must operate in secret due to potential government action.

If we do change the statement from genocide to persecution, I suppose China gets a better profile, but I don't think it is a talking point that "China's socialism is better than US Capitalism because of their religious freedom."

My initial argument is still that both systems suck.

This one of the markers I would use for a "good" system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_Human_Development_Index

The Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index.

Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland... these are the leaders in this index. How? A high-welfare free market economy.

This is capitalism but with a foundation of human rights built on high taxes using examples like net wealth tax.

I'm glad you bright this up because this one of the markers I would use for a "good" system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_Human_Development_Index

The Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index.

I think New Zealand has a great example of how historically socialist political organizations have integrated a capitalist economy in a way that still continues to promote the welfare of their people.

Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland... these are the leaders in this index. How? A high-welfare free market economy.

This is basically capitalism but with high taxes using examples like net wealth tax.

Also, it's not fair to use a statistic like 90% approval rating. The state controls all the data and media. That's like trump saying he's the best that ever lived. Okay, but that's not actually true!

Ok. Thank you. I will do my best to do so in a timely manner.