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What you’re describing is false moral equivalence used as a deflective propaganda strategy.
What you described is a state enemy used to deflect attention from the many enemies within this state.
AKA "whataboutism".
The whole point is that there is no comparison necessary. It's nothing but a deflection.
No it is not. If that's the case, nothing matters except the worst of the worst. Everything can be excused by "yeah but that other guy is worse so it's okay". It's preposterous.
I'm not going to play this game with you. The US being shit doesn't excuse China from being shit. Or vise versa. Simple as.
Criticizing one of them on it's individual merits while avoiding comparisons is very obviously not the same thing as equating both of them.
LOOOOOLOLOL you can't be serious.
I don't know how to be any more clear this. Using whataboutism is using whataboutism. If I talk about China and you say "but what about US!", that's a whataboutism, because we're not talking about the US. And vise versa. It's a clear attempt to excuse and deflect blame away from the topic at hand and onto someone else.
I'm glad you finally understand.
You can repeat the same nonsense all you want, it's still nonsense. I hope one day your "mind is freed" from comparing everything to the worst possible example as an excuse for bad behavior.
You didn't "point out" anything, you deflected to another country while ignoring the discussion at hand (AKA whataboutism) which is what tankies do every single time. It's almost like you have nothing else...
I mean the PRC and the USA arent Nazi Germany. So they are basically perfect. /s
Moral critic is kind of above geopolitical branding wars imho
That's a great example, thank you.