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My guy, I’m living in a state that tried to arrest a woman for removing an ectopic pregnancy.
Yep, and your state voted for that. My state amended it’s constitution to prevent this situation, also through voting.
In China, you don’t get that option, because China is an authoritarian state.
Authoritarian doesn’t simply mean “bad” even though authoritarianism is bad.
You know what’s not a sign of an authoritarian state? An appeals court overturning a bad verdict.
Crystal Mason’s contentious illegal voting conviction must be reconsidered, criminal appeals court says
You should really click the links you use as evidence.
You can move within your country and your experience will be entirely different. You can’t in China, because it’s an authoritarian hellstate.
I agree that Republicans are authoritarians, and that sucks. I also acknowledge that you likely view hierarchies as inherently authoritarian and that we’ll likely not see eye to eye on where to draw lines. Also fine - that’s what liberal ideologies want, is that disagreement.
But to compare China positively with the US in terms of authoritarianism is, frankly, a bit silly.