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    Re: Is this a leftie board?

    The UK Government are a bunch of horrible greedy *****
    The US Government are 1000 times worse
    The Chinese Government so bad they are beyond comparisson with the other 2.

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    Re: Is this a leftie board?

    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue View Post
    The UK Government are a bunch of horrible greedy *****
    The US Government are 1000 times worse
    The Chinese Government so bad they are beyond comparisson with the other 2.
    They each have their problems, but I would definitely stick with the UK given the choice of the three.

    China is an authoritarian dictatorship, and people who cross it are very harshly dealt with. Corruption is also rife and there is no independent media to hold the leadership to account.
    Britain knew what this regime was like and handed over 5 million+ Hong Kong citizens to an oppressive regime without even giving them a say in the matter (the 99 year lease didn't actually apply to Hong Kong Island, only other islands and north of the Kowloon peninsula)
    China has seen in recent decades a remarkable improvement in living standards for many of its people and it is easy to miss that looking from the outside - people within China are certainly aware of it, that said they were starting from a much lower base than the west.

    The USA and UK have different problems. Their goverments are just motivated to get re elected in the next elections, so there is little long term planning, a lot of playing to the crowd and in both countries 2 parts systems that don't allow the majority of people to actually vote for what they want, with increasing gerrymandering and voter supression in both (still - better than a 1 party system).
    Additionally the media and especially now social media holds a lot of power. This means that they (us and usa) can be far too easily manipulated by powerful billionaires, global corporations, and nefarious foreign powers, which is seriously undermining the principles of democracy .

    I wold definitely prefer the UK of the three currently, but we are on a concerning trajectory.

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