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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by ionised on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:00AM (#19927299)
> The US does this, but I'm glad it's a country where we value being able to openly criticize our government for it.

Around half of your population don't seem to want that at all as long as 'their guy' is in power.

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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by sgift on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:35AM (#19927478)
The US has many problems, but there's a big difference between people being unhappy with you and being send into "reeducation camps" if the government doesn't like what you say.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by boomboomsubban on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:54AM (#19927782)
There's also a major difference between being sent to reeducation camps and being killed by a drone strike. The US may tolerate dissent inside their borders better, but far worse overall.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by stallmanite on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:00AM (#19928116)
Not sure re-education camp is a step up from drone strike. Depends on your priorities I suppose.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by boomboomsubban on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:08AM (#19928156)
If you prefer death to a reeducation camp, that choice is likely available to you. The dead have no choice.
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