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847 points kick | 1 comments | 20 Nov 19 15:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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gregwebs ◴[20 Nov 19 16:44 UTC] No.21585487[source]▶
I don't necessarily disagree with the article, I just want to point out that outside of the US others will readily view this line of thought as hypocritical and self-serving.

As a US citizen, I try to consider how the rest of the world may view our actions (glass houses and all). Following the logic here it would make sense for the rest of the world to cutoff trade with the United States due to the Iraq war, which has caused many civilian deaths.

But if you agree that the rest of the world should have sanctioned the US for the Iraq war (among other things) then there might be a consistency with trying to sanction China.

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1. blfr ◴[20 Nov 19 17:15 UTC] No.21585888[source]▶
> outside of the US others will readily view this line of thought as hypocritical and self-serving

Sitting here in a former eastern block country I completely disagree. It is absolutely obvious that communism is by far humanity's greatest moral failure and China just proves it again.

United States would need need to start dropping nukes on cities to even approach communism's death toll. A regime change, however misguided, here and there won't be enough for centuries.