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But lemmy libs say china is the "authoritarian" one 😁 (lemmy.ml)
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[–] geoff@midwest.social -4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I’m actually curious and wondering out loud for the sake of discussion. I have my own bias like everyone else, but I asked because I want to explore it rather than project half-baked opinions, so I pose the question for discussion. It’s a not a trivial question to get an answer for by googling.

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 14 points 20 hours ago

It’s a not a trivial question to get an answer for by googling.

I literally googled "ethnic groups in china wikipedia" and "ethnic groups in the US wikipedia" and the results (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States) seem to immediately and unambiguously reject the idea of China as some kind of homogenous ethnostate that the US can't emulate because it has too high a concentration of melanin or whatever fascist bullshit you were trying to say.