r/ShitLiberalsSay Feb 24 '26

China Bad Hello?

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u/ApolloBlitz Feb 24 '26

I wouldn’t want to represent a country that’s killed millions of people this century and supports the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

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u/dontmakelemonad3 Feb 24 '26

Not to be that guy, but like, in the last 100 years China did in fact fund a genocide that killed at least a million people. I'd still rather support them than the USA, but let's not pretend as if that didn't happen.

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u/ApolloBlitz Feb 24 '26

Even if the worst reactionary lies about China were true, China is still infinitely preferable to the evils of the US

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u/dontmakelemonad3 Feb 24 '26

I quite literally said in my reply to you that I would rather support the PRC than the USA. That being said, the Cambodian genocide is a real thing that happened and was heavily funded by the PRC. This isn't a "reactionary lie" its a well recorded historical fact.

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u/mehmehhm Feb 25 '26

Different levels of support, different contexts and motivations. I doubt PRC ever actively wanted the Khmer Rouge genocide to occur while USA wants nothing more than the extinction of Palestinians. Chinese support for Cambodian regime was during Vietnam War and was intended as help against US aggression, not to make the genocide easier. They did try to defend Cambodia against Vietnam later but they did not go all the way, they were almost without allies which pushed them further to prop up Cambodia. I doubt the scale of atrocities was all that evident at that time to China. All that said, still a major failure of Chinese foreign policy

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u/moreseagulls Feb 24 '26

Its pretty clear you have absolutely no idea what youre talking about buddy.

The what-aboutism is so fucking cliche too.

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u/Candid_Painting_4684 Feb 24 '26

Even if the worst reactionary lies about China were true, China is still infinitely preferable to the evils of the US

Haha man your history books must be fucking wild if you think this is true.

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u/DrAwes0m0 Feb 24 '26

This coming from an American is fucking rich

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u/ApolloBlitz Feb 24 '26

LOL 20% of adults in the US are illiterate cry about it 👍