Many people on lemmy.ml deeply respect and admire authoritarian governments and organizations.
Iran, China, North Korea, Soviet Union…
The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.
Iran hangs homosexuals. Iran shot 30,000 people in less than than 2 weeks. The Soviet Union had to build a fucking Iron wall to prevent people from escaping. The Soviets lied about the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. China censors the internet. China wants to eliminate Islam. North Korea is a totalitarian hellscape. Watching anime is a crime.
Why is lemmy.ml so fascinated with authoritarians?
Hi. I’m willing to discuss China’s foreign policy on its own merit.
China has been at peace for decades. Before that, they had very shitty foreign policy, and their current approach of peacefully trading with everyone while avoiding conflicts is in part a reaction to that. This approach has it’s flaws, like a tendency to avoid getting involved in Israel/Palestine rather than supporting the Palestinians, but overall it’s been fairly effective and positive. It’s also nice that they’ve invested in poor countries and forgiven debts.
What part of their foreign policy is supposed to be “aggressive” exactly?