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It’s almost like more than one country can do horrible things. Who’d have thought? It doesn’t make the situation in China any better to point out that other countries have also done bad things.



Yes but America did that to foreign people during war. Its something else when a government does this to its own people.


Ehh, don't you think that actually makes it worse?

I don't know about you, but even if the government does not have a legitimate democratic mandate, it still has a larger say than a foreign country. Especially if you consider that the USA isn't exactly a shining example of a functioning democracy.


1. America declared the war on false grounds, like most wars since WW2

2. It makes 0 difference morally whether you’re targeting domestic or foreign civilians

3. America starves civilian populations outside formal states of war. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0uvgHKZe8. This is the visible tip of the iceberg


I believe the point is that people on this website are selective in their outrage.


No, it's just that we are discussing here just one country, see the topic title.


https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

Where is the equivalent outcry? Why is the country we’re discussing here always China?

That’s the selective outrage.




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