I think both desperately need to be addressed.
It is painful for me to think that in all three of the richest, most populous, and largest countries on Earth, approximately zero of them have a full complement of human rights for all their inhabitants. We have such a long way to go as a species.
Sadly, this is prevalent throughout the world. It needs to stop everywhere.
I, in theory, can participate in US elections and purportedly have some say in how things are done in the US. Additionally, I don’t have a language barrier to inciting others to action in the US.
I think it’s a very hypocritical situation, and I wonder specifically about the who and the why for the huge anti-China campaign in the global west.
I also think scale is important. Human rights violations against one person are bad. A system that imposed them against millions is worse. Both the US and China have such systems.
That is where the accusation of "whataboutism" comes into play, because given my limited time and influence I'd rather focus on issues of similar or greater magnitude (indigenous rights, climate change, the prison system, healthcare, white supremacist structures in our countries, imperialist tendencies that result in freedom bombings) over posturing about re-education and vocational camps in China that have humans rights abuse. I would 100% prefer the latter to not exist but it really feels like a distraction tactic and something we in the West have no power over.
china sees us as rivals and has designs on our allies and global institutions. ignoring them is at our own peril.
america has deep problems, like any country, but you are a fool if you think that a chinese hegemon would leave us better off or that the ccp can be ignored.
FYI you don't have a direct political ability to meaningfully influence policy on China but you are directly supporting the CCP by buying blood-goods.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/06/18/china-kil...
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