alt Hacker NewsI don't think China is more violent than the US.
The US has for like 90% of its history been at war in one form or another, typically killing people abroad.
I think the US did this more in a century than China did in a millennium.
I don't think China is more violent than the US.
The US has for like 90% of its history been at war in one form or another, typically killing people abroad.
I think the US did this more in a century than China did in a millennium.
> I don't think China is more violent than the US.
You don't have to because that wasn't an argument I made. Both the US and China have done horrible things to innocent people and are both currently engaged in malicious behavior that is an affront to humanity.
> I think the US did this more in a century than China did in a millennium.
Once again, I'm not interested in "who is worse" pissing contests, but please educate yourself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward
> The Great Leap Forward led to between 15 and 55 million deaths in mainland China during the 1959–1961 Great Chinese Famine it caused, making it the largest or second-largest famine in human history.
https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/persecution-of-uygh...
> https://victimsofcommunism.org/tibet-is-lost-but-not-forever...
The Tibetan government in exile believes as many as 1.2 million Tibetans died as a result of Mao's invasion of Tibet in 1949.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot
China was the Khmer Rouge's main backer. The Khmer Rouge's actions were responsible for a genocide in which 1.5-2 million people perished. Afterwards, China offered asylum to Pol Pot and his top aides.
People who are genuinely interested in justice, human rights and peace should be horrified by what both the US and China have done.