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If that's your takeaway, you haven't.

I'm not reading a pop politics book for you. Go read The Gulag Archipelago.

Corrupt politicians purging enemies is not the win you think it is there, chief.

UK.

Oh, it would be way worse, because communism is always way worse.

I think it would still be terrible even if there were no USA. If there were no USA, whatever brought them down would have collapsed the entire world's economy and there would be thousands of nukes lying around.

I'd rather be a billionaire in the US because my English is better than my Mandarin. Quality of life would be exactly the same at that income bracket wherever you live in the world. Labor protection would be weaker in China though, if I were looking to exploit my workers...

You mean economic liberal? Bush was far from politically liberal.

I was taught the tenets of Buddhism in my nationally-required Religious education lessons. Does that make me a Buddhist? Does that make my nation a Buddhist one?

There, your question is answered.

China has been peddling the same excuse about needing to get their economy up to a certain point before they can fully embrace communism since the Great Step Forward.

Meanwhile, there are 969 billionaires in China, it is the home of sweatshops and workers aren't legally allowed to strike.

Soshulizm

If socialism isn't from each according to his means to each according to his needs then what the fuck is it?

My guy, China is the least socialist place on earth. It is so capitalist and so unequal. You pay to use the roads, you pay to use the hospitals, you pay for any schooling past middle school, if you don't have a city residence permit your pension is 5% of those that do.

Have you ever been?

Ah yes, well known liberal checks notes George Bush.

Russia cannibalised itself after the Soviet Union fell, didn't need any Western help there.

Indeed I did. I'll own up to that mistake.

The rest is projection, I'm afraid. Your should probably spend some time in reflection, but you're not going to.

Get whatever jibe is left in you out of your system and be on your way.

Never said they were equally exploitative, just that we all suffer from some level of economic coercion.

What you are doing is what's called strawmanning. It's where you reframe an argument you are unable to counter to a slightly different one that you are able to counter.

I'd say it's beneath you, but it honestly doesn't seem to be.

You deflected first by invoking economic coercion. Unless it's your firm belief that there are zero people who would knowingly choose to fuck for money over taking a menial job.

Get better talking points than these sad little ad hominems, they aren't helping you.