Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance

Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by wu-ikkyu on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:10AM (#16097195)

>people in the U.S. are far more free, prosperous, and safe than those in China.

This sort of statement is entirely subjective. As a counterpoint, many people in China would say the US is less free and less safe, because the US has by far the most amount of people locked in cages and a higher per capita homicide rate.

Whether or not one country is "better" than the other is nationalist subjectivity.

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Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by forapurpose on Monday January 08, 2018 @01:41PM (#16098761)

>> people in the U.S. are far more free, prosperous, and safe than those in China.

> This sort of statement is entirely subjective

It's not at all subjective. There are many objective measurements of prosperity, such as income and wealth per capita, and freedom, such as human rights. Freedom House is a good source for an an objective, annual review of human rights (last I knew; I haven't looked at it in a little while).

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