[bhpm]

The optics are also really, really bad. I recall putting my bags through a scanner and walking through a metal detector when I visited Beijing in 2018. My first thought was “wow, must suck to live in a police state like this, can’t even take transit without being searched.”

[galuggus]

the optics maybe be bad but violent crime is extremely low. I've never felt fear of being mugged or attacked in China.

[bhpm]

Your perception of your own personal safety is not an objective measure of crime and should not form the basis of a policing strategy.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-bragg-new-york-manhattan-ny...

“crime across the five boroughs is nowhere near the levels seen in the 1990s, and while there was a rise in 2022, those figures are already trending down this year.”

[para_parolu]

The more totalitarian country is the more government protects monopoly on violence.