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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by pastacacioepepe on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:19AM (#32150455)
The poverty rate in US is ~14%, that's tens of millions of Americans living in poverty. Comparing incomes directly doesn't help, how much can $5k buy you in China vs how much can the poverty level income buy you in US?
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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by thematrixturtle on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:53AM (#32151444)
The Per capita income of the United States is 5.78 and 3.61 times higher than that of China in nominal and PPP terms, respectively.

So the answer is that even in purchasing power parity terms, the average American is 4x richer.

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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by pastacacioepepe on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @05:16AM (#32163241)
Except that in the US it just takes some health issue to put you in debt for years/life. Or that to exist in the US you are required to buy a car and so on, since it has a third world public transportation system.

The pont being that you can still have somewhat higher life standards with less purchasing power but a stronger social state.

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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by refurb on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:10AM (#32164047)
Except if you’re one of the 60% rural farmers who have access to only the most basic medical care and limited local public transit.

Not everyone lives in Shanghai or Beijing you know.

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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by pastacacioepepe on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:00AM (#32235922)
Like not everyone lives in Los Angeles or Washington you know. There's cities like Detroit, there's cities without drinkable water, there's countless trailer parks.
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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by refurb on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:49AM (#32150722)
You're not arguing that poverty in the US is comparable to poverty in China are you?
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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by pastacacioepepe on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:01AM (#32150846)
You're not bombing me with uninteresting rethorical questions are you?
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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:31AM (#32150565)
Okay, let's assume there's total economic equality between Americans and Chinese.

In China if you're the wrong religion they put your men in prison camps and assign a rapist to sleep in bed with your women and indoctrinate them into the communist party.

If you are in prison, China will murder you and sell your organs.

In China the labor conditions are so bad they have to install "suicide nets" in factories because so many people try to jump out of windows or off roofs to kill themselves.

America has MANY warts, but there's really no comparison.

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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by pastacacioepepe on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:49AM (#32150723)
It's pointless to get into a competition for who's worst. I disagree at least partially on each one of your points and could reply with something equally bad or worse that's happening right now in the US, but I won't as we're talking about economics, not unsourced genocide claims.
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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by arroz on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @10:00AM (#32151546)
China is rich North Korea. Even if China were much richer than the US, it would be better to live in the US.
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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by trasz on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:58PM (#32157881)
>China is rich North Korea

And US is Russia with better PR? :-D

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