I’m “debating” a Liberal who thinks “Marx had some valid critiques of capitalism” and “the US has done some bad things” but isn’t great on AES. I sent them the recent post showing that China doesn’t block western media, and they said that it only shows one computer and smart people can get around blocked stuff, and I explained what it actually shows before they said “China is still more authoritarian than the US and my personal freedoms aren’t stopped by my government” (note: all of these are paraphrases, but I don’t think I’ve strawmanned anything). So, what are some solid examples of the average citizens in socialist countries having more “freedom” than in capitalist countries? Edit: Thanks for all the great responses!

  • KiG V2
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    2 years ago

    Unfortunately many of these smug idiots would NEVER take a Chinese government website’s word for it, they would just think “oh well of course it’s a lie”

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      2 years ago

      Oh i get it now i know they will not take it but facts are facts no matter how much ( the 🇺🇸🤡) lies there will always be someone who speaks up against them so i don’t worry about them trying to show and argue with them will be arguing against a manikin i know how it feels 😤 😔

      And nice meeting you 😊 🤝🏼 Comrade

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      2 years ago

      Exactly, either “if US gov lies, what’s stopping socialists countries from lying even more,” or “all the countries we don’t like are constantly lying and brainwashing their civilians”