throwaway27373

Have you heard of the 'patriot act'

China wields formal control where in the US this is achieves via peer pressure and social manipulation/control. Anytime something shocking is revealed reporters end up losing thier jobs, sometimes be suicided or at worst end up like Assange.

As an Indian who has worked and lived in the US, I wholeheartedly agree with the parent.

That which needs force outside is achieved via self censorship in the US. This is a fact. A sampling of NyT/WaPo pieces on wars US has fought published right before they were begun shows this quite well.

Then there is racist stereotyping of Asian cultures which often gets a pass under various high sounding titles ending with '-rights'.