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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I suppose it's up to your defintion of 'deciding factor' but to think the US's invasions of sovereign countries resulting in hundreds of thousands of civilians deaths over the past few decades and support for ongoing genocide isn't tiping the scales is misguided at best

It's taken this long because the US's human rights violations haven't been as bad as China's

source? I've never seen reliable evidence(outside of easily disproven Zenz's inventions) that China's rights abuses match those committed by the US in Guantaumo, Abu Ghraib etc in severity

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/29/abu-zubaydah-cia-torture-waterboarding-guantanamo