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thetinguy | 3 years ago

What? One is a democracy and one is a dictatorship.

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SkyMarshal|3 years ago

Not only a democracy, but a constitutional republic with an independent court and military, both of which are sworn to uphold that constitution and all the human rights it enumerates.

We don't always succeed at that, but at least we have that as our society and government's guidestar, and legal and political processes for self-correcting.

The Communist Party has exactly zero of any of that, and an ideology entirely oriented around justifying getting and keeping power by any means necessary.

theplumber|3 years ago

It looks like you've missed the past 10-20 years of history. You are a "party" supporter not a human rights(i.e privacy) supporter

theplumber|3 years ago

But as it's well known the U.S didn't mind undermining other democracies(i.e Iran's 1953 coup) and supporting dictatorships. It's really more about "interests" and as it happens sometimes U.S interests and democratic rights align but sometimes the opposite is true. We shouldn't put our data in the hands of any government. I would say thay banning international data harversting is a good thing. Next: ban national data harvesting as well