You make a good point here, and I hadn’t thought about it that way. China is quite scary, and their dominance is certainly understated in my declaration of the US being the worst of them. I can see how my statement is exceptionalism. Despite the US having some unique cruelties, It is the authoritarian state in general having a monopoly on violent control that is the ultimate disaster.
All of Africa has been the target of so much cruelty, and china has a role in that. I am certain there are nightmares on the horizon.
Because it is an authoritarian state, and to be clear I’m more afraid of the US because of where I live. I just find any non-horizontally organized states that have a lot of power, especially authoritarian ones, to be scary in general.
I realize the redudancy of using the word “authoritarian” to describe something inherently authoritarian, the state. I have an open enough mind to accept that I was using the word incorrectly, there is no need to call me names.
All states are “authoritarian,” in that all are monopolies on violence. The benefit of China is that the working classes control the state, so its authority is used in the interest of the people.
You make a good point here, and I hadn’t thought about it that way. China is quite scary, and their dominance is certainly understated in my declaration of the US being the worst of them. I can see how my statement is exceptionalism. Despite the US having some unique cruelties, It is the authoritarian state in general having a monopoly on violent control that is the ultimate disaster.
All of Africa has been the target of so much cruelty, and china has a role in that. I am certain there are nightmares on the horizon.
“Yes the US has committed massive real evil, but China makes me feel scared, which is just as bad!”
This is just “having a government” and unfortunately you’re gonna find it in every country for as long as class society exists.
I agree that it will be everywhere under these conditions, and I agree that it is unfortunate :(
How exactly is China “quite scary?”
Because red scare
Red scary 👻
Because it is an authoritarian state, and to be clear I’m more afraid of the US because of where I live. I just find any non-horizontally organized states that have a lot of power, especially authoritarian ones, to be scary in general.
As opposed to those non-horizontally organised, non-authoritarian ones, you absolute dumbass.
I realize the redudancy of using the word “authoritarian” to describe something inherently authoritarian, the state. I have an open enough mind to accept that I was using the word incorrectly, there is no need to call me names.
All states are “authoritarian,” in that all are monopolies on violence. The benefit of China is that the working classes control the state, so its authority is used in the interest of the people.
Thanks for the correction here, as I had a misunderstanding of what the word “authoritarian” is describing.