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A classical liberal society. Freedom of speech, elections... They were not there, but seemed to be moving that way.

The right direction is accepting Western world domination and not challenging it.

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Then what? You think your older account is somewhat superior?

This is an anger-driven Conversion: someone creates an account to respond out of intense disapproval of a certain opinion, which is extremely common on any forum.

That looks like a strawman. Try: "Away from a dictatorship."

If it looks like a strawman to you, that only shows how accustomed you've become to harboring deep hostility toward China. The original comment makes it sound as though the innocent US is being subjected to unilateral trade sanctions by evil China, to the point that "we" need to react.