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[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip -3 points 4 hours ago (11 children)

China is way less kind to its own people though. Although that's changing rapidly as well...

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago (9 children)

You've got to be pretty privileged in the US to think that

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 hours ago (8 children)

I'm not saying the US is good in that regard, but don't forget about the ethnic cleansing happening in Tibet and Xinjiang as well as the region bound system thing that effectively by law keeps poor people poor. China is way worse than the US.

[–] Matrix6664@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Are you living under a rock? What do you think the US is doing right now to its own people?

[–] liking625@lemmy.world 0 points 36 minutes ago

Now? At least two centuries since they were already experimenting with them.

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I'm saying it's rapidly changing

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago

They've been doing it for decades

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