You don’t need to be a leftest to know that the Western accusation of Authorianism against China is self serving and not legitimate.
That much can be demonstrated.
For anyone reading this, just look how they treat billionaires, like Jack Ma, and union organisers in China and the West. In China both billionaires and unions are subordinate to the state, in the west the state treats billionaires and union leaders very differently. If you ask a liberal why China is authoritarian they will talk about how they treat billionaires but never talk about how they treat union labour.
So, what about the Uyghers?
I do not know what will happen to the Uyghers tomorrow, but I know what will happen in 150 years. A uni student in Xinjiang will say “We are on unsucceeded Uygher territory.” and then an old man will shout “Shut up” and then nothing will be done. When a politician will attempt to rectify the past, they will be labelled as unpatriotic.
When you mention things like these, the pro Chinese people always argue with whataboutism. “WELL, whatabout IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN? Checkmate!”
lol. Can’t handle two things being true at the same time. Typical liberal.
I can accept two things are true. It’s just I can accept when something is irrelevant to the argument. It’s almost as if you think one wrong cancels out the other. You’ll figure it out one day.
Faking it until making it is definitely a valid strategy. Just saying you can accept two things are true is a good first step. One day you’ll figure out how to apply it.
What are you even talking about lol It must be so easy to live life when you’re too stupid to realize how stupid you are.
I never made the statement that one wrong thing cancels another.
You clearly state that two things can be true.
I’m stating that both the western accusation of authoritarianism being illegitimate and China being authoritarian can both be true.
Why do you need a hypocrite definition’s blessing to say it as it is.
As for being stupid, I see you speak from experience. I can only imagine your world is.
Two things can be true at the same time. In the case you brought up, imperialism done by both China and the West are illegitimate. I am stating the obvious fact that accusations done by Western politicians and ideologues are self-serving. If accusations are self-serving and have no weight, they become illegitimate. Rightful accusations of authoritarianism against Western countries are automatically labelled as illegitimate by such people because the target is the west.
It appears to be an appeal to hypocrisy. But to clarify what I am saying, the accusations of authoritarianism and totalitarianism by such people is always self serving hence their accusation is illegitimate. There are instances of clear authoritarianism such as when @HikingVet@lemmy.ca brought up the Uyghers. It does not mean that the accusation is still illegitimate.
To make an analogy, a broken clock is right twice a day. So two times in the day the time shown on the clock is correct. For those two times of the day, the objective time of day matches what the clock is saying. The statement made by the broken clock does not give you the objective time, rather by accident the objective time matches with the clock. For the entire day excluding those two times when the clock is correct, we can both agree that the statement made by the clock is illegitimate because the clock is wrong. For the brief moment when they agree, I would still argue that the reading from the clock is illegitimate because it is a broken clock. To know that they agree, we have to have another source to tell us not the broken clock by itself.
The accusation about hypocrisy is more the fact that if nothing happens to the West for doing what we do, then why should China? It’s simple rule of law stuff really.
And my example from my original comment is about how China treats billionaires not about it’s imperialism. If China was aligned to Western interests (i.e. protect billionaires) but are authoritarian to other peoples (e.g. Uyghers), the west would not declare China as authoritarian.
Good example is Morocco that is authoritarian, especially against Western Shara, but no such accusation leveled against them in diplomatic foreign affairs.
Or in the words of Yes Minister: