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Re:China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women w... by zepto on Thursday July 08, 2021 @10:43AM (#27772579)
The notion that the US is free from corruption and severe abuse of power is laughable.

The notion that it’s no different from China is absurdist propaganda. In China there is no such thing as abuse of power if it is sanctioned by the party.

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Re:China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women w... by matheusmoreira on Thursday July 08, 2021 @03:51PM (#27776826)
> The notion that it’s no different from China is absurdist propaganda.

I was responding to the notion that it is completely different from China. It is not. The western nations are more totalitarian than they would like to admit.

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Re:China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women w... by zepto on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:03PM (#27776938)
It is completely different.

Western governments are not controlled by a single party with an lifetime ruler and no democratic mechanisms at all for expressing dissent, let alone moderating power.

It’s not a matter of degree. Doing bad stuff is not the same as totalitarianism.

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