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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by threeseed on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @12:42AM (#41575872)
> Literally China/Russia are more trustworthy

They have no free elections unlike US.

They have no free press unlike US.

They have no independent judiciary unlike US.

They both rank poorly on the corruption index unlike US.

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by Sawamara on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @04:14AM (#41577141)
You have to live under a rock to scream "no corruption" and "free elections" as reasons to praise the US.

You are about to have an election in which both parties are pro-Genocide, none would do anything about 99.9 percent of the issues on which both the republican AND the democratic voters agree on based on all the polls from the last decades. Drug prices, wages, rent costs, gun control, prison reforms, military spending you name it.

Independent judiciary? Bro, I cant wait till you look up news about the judicial body called Supreme Court of Justice.

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by lupusreal on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @06:31AM (#41577984)
More relevant to this discussion, elections in which both parties accuse the other of insufficient loyalty to a foreign nation, Israel.
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by wazoox on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @09:42AM (#41579635)
The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.

Julius Nyerere

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by account42 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @07:45AM (#41578509)
> They have no free elections unlike US.

The US is a two party system with many hereditary politicians. How free do you think your elections really are?

> They have no free press unlike US.

How did the US news report on Snownden, Assange and others the US government does not like? The US press is an oligopoly that does barely any real reporting. Theoretical freeness does little here.

> They have no independent judiciary unlike US.

Which is more than happy to shield the executive from any consequences. Qualified immunity makes this separation meaningless.

> They both rank poorly on the corruption index unlike US.

According to western definitions of corruption that conveniently do not include corporate lobbying, revolving door relationsships between politics and industry, backdoor laws via trade deals and all the other shadyness that has effectively taken over so-called democracies. But sure, pat yourself on the back for being less likely to get out of a speeding ticket by slipping the officer some cash.

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by nozzlegear on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @09:48AM (#41579711)
How many hereditary politicians do you think there are in the US, and how much power do you think they have?
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by computerex on Friday September 20, 2024 @12:30PM (#41603544)
Hey I used to believe this myself. But then just realized that this too is propaganda. Insider trading by congress? Lobbying? Judges accepting gifts from billionaires? Abortion? At least in China/Russia women that need urgent reproductive care can get it without risking death.