Re: The whole thing is a mess
I have experienced life in the US and China. On the internet you can try to compare the two with a wry smile, but on the ground it's very different. Yes, anyone with half a brain knows the US spies on its citizens and the rest of the world and it's nowhere near perfect. But in China this comment that you just wrote would have already been deleted. There would be no commentary or discussion about what the government is doing wrong or what needs to change. That's a critical difference between authoritarian countries and democracies.