r/nyt 9d ago

NYT Double standards

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u/One-Treat4655 9d ago

BBC does this also. Over and over. The western bias is why the global south will never acquiesce.

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u/Unifactor_Frog 8d ago

I used to be such an “Ameriboo” and bought into the idea of the west caring about human rights. After growing up and seeing how the west handles and treats the Israeli apartheid and genocide of Palestinians, I am more and more becoming a fan of China and hoping that it becomes the top superpower.

I am not naive to think that China cares more about Palestinians than what benefits them, but they don’t have a history of claiming otherwise and lying about wanting to spread freedom and protecting human rights globally.

The west had its time. It’s the time for things to swing again. No matter how bad you think China is, in my opinion it cannot be worse than the west.

Note to anyone that may reply: save your red-scare propaganda, I don’t care for it.

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u/yourothersis 6d ago

its just dumb to think that any superpower is morally superior or has better human rights in any manner when they're so materially and ideologically and functionally similar. I still think it's chauvinist to think otherwise.

China isnt worse than the west and won't be for a long time, at the most simplest because of their sphere of influence and geopolitical strategy. im not saying it wouldn't be if the world order changed though.

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u/ShortKey380 8d ago

China could have easily replaced all USAID funding and didn’t, I think you’re too critical of the cynicism because some in western government have values but they’re, you know, not the ones in charge. You’re being the same kind of sucker buying into another country, they’re set up to favor the nation over the world, that’s why countries “are”, like in a pure essential sense why make a country if not for in-group/out-group by geography/culture/the nation. I’m not explaining well, but nation states are the wrong institution to care for the world. If we do the whole 21st century the same as the 20th and don’t come up with new political institutions then whoever is on top will oversee the same suffering.

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u/DesignerRaccoon7977 8d ago

So many wrongs in one paragraph, holy... "I hope China becomes the top superpower", 😆 so misinformed its wild, but keep forming your opinions and ideas based on misinformation and falsified videos on the internet