[peroporque]

Americans can be proud that they are the only country that actually stands up against tyrants like the CCP.

Compare that to what we do here in Europe: not only don't we do anything after China took control of Hongkong. We finance Putin by building yet another gas pipeline. And we finance Erdogan via the "refugee pact".

[ackbar03]

I'm going to ignore all the blatantly groundless anti China bias here and factually point out that control over Hong Kong was in fact taken over by the British after China lost the opium war, which was a war that was started because China didn't want to buy all the opium drugs that the British were selling to us, and that this loss is and has always been one of our greatest humiliations through history

[Santosh83]

While HK is understandable, I wonder which war did China lose to India and cede Eastern Ladakh or Arunachal which China belligerently maintains are its territory?

Unfortunately China's overall expansionism is not reflecting well even on its legitimate claims in certain areas...

[Normille]

Shh! --British and US history only begins when "they" retaliate against us.

[uranusjr]

Anyone is free to not buy anything people sell. But you can’t just dump the goods into the sea and besiege the store when you refuse, FYI.

[Normille]

As a European, I feel eternally ashamed that the entire continent [and several other parts of the globe. I'm looking at you, Australia] never actually stands up against tyrants like the USA.

Just once it would be nice to hear "No!" as a response from Europe, instead of "How high?"

[mlindner]

I think you've been listening to too much misinformation if you think the USA is actually a "tyrant". Maybe look toward your own government?

[peroporque]

Haha, oh the Wumaodangs...

[uranusjr]

There are quite a handful of countries standing up against the CCP right now. Those with official diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, for example. I get your point though; many European leaders should feel bad (but they don’t, which is the problem).

[peroporque]

Which country with relations to Taiwan has stood up against the CCP?

Sorry, but all the micro countries that recognize Taiwan do so for the money they get from Taiwan in exchange.

[blackrock]

Well, if you want to go there..

Then, who stood up against all the western tyrants that killed all the Native American Indians in the United States and Canada?

Who stood up for the Aborigines of Australia, as the western tyrants killed them all, and stole their lands, and stole their future from them?

Who stood up for the Congolese Africans, as the Belgium King genocided them all?

Unless of course, your only explanation, was that this happened over 100 years ago, and the western people of today, are not like the western people of the past.

The funny thing is that, the western people of today, enjoy their wealth and privileges, because of all the genocide and plundering that their forefathers did in the past. So you can’t explain the present, without explaining how you got here from the past.

[peroporque]

So in your world, murder is okay because 150 years ago, someone committed murder? What a weird argument.

The "western people" of today have learned and developed. As have most Chinese people. But the CCP has not.

Culture in free countries improves over time. Culture in tyrannies stagnates.