More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests
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China hasn't been blatantly threatening my country.
Great. Good luck with that.
Im American and even I favor China over US
They're both awful but unfortunately I'm forced to agree as the US continues to roll out domestic policies we used to look at aghast when China implemented them.
Which policies are you talking about?
Genocide.
Mass surveillance, imprisoning/murdering people for thoughtcrimes.
America had effective mass surveillance before China, as far back as the 60, and the US government was spying on all backbone data before China even had the Great Firewall, we've been imprisoning/murdering people for thoughtcrimes for a century, look into the history of literally any leftist movement in the US.
First they came for the leftists, but i didnt say anything because i wasnt a leftist
I'm talking about weaponizing it at scale and putting cameras everywhere and using AI to go with it. Sure, we can bring up America, past and present, but China is wayyyyy ahead on the dystopia on this score:
https://political.org/2026/05/15/inside-chinas-total-surveillance-state-the-automated-enforcement-system-america-is-watching-closely/
Automated systems to fine people for illegal parking and other driving infractions have been in the US and much of the west for decades. Also automated systems for scammers to send you fake tickets demanding you pay money because some police database must have been hacked.
i wonder why! The usa elected a rapist pedofile conman twice who is destroying the rule of law and democracy.
That’s what happens when you elect a dying malignant narcissist with a past with kids and lifelong dream of becoming a dictator.
More people in the US, too...
Pooh Bear is naturally more likable than a shit filled diaper.
For the better or worse, it is the Chinese century now. Let's just hope China doesn't stop being relatively nice towards its allies and partners once the US is gone.
Lol, empires don't do nice things just for the hell of it. China is carefully increasing its soft power by presenting a benevolent international image. But if they become an unquestioned hegemon, that will change.
That said the US still has tremendous military power and I don't see that disappearing any time soon. So I think that's more a concern for the distant future, and by then China may have too many demographic problems to remain a sole world power.
History will disagree with you.
I keep telling to Americans that they are about to learn meaning of word "inertia" very intimately. They still don't seem to get it.
We are all gonna get fucked, though.
Murican here. Assuming we don't get it is the best case explanation for our collective bullshit, and frankly we don't deserve that kind of benefit of the doubt. Ignorance detracts from intent. We all knew exactly what we voted for: the warnings sounded like an air raid siren. The nosedive we're stuck in is because the majority of our voters are evil. ...not that there's any shortage of stupid going around here, but innocent stupidity cannot explain the consistent storm of human rights violations coming from our country.
And before anyone starts spitting up Hanlon's Razor, that philosophy is a nice fantasy, but simply doesn't apply to the reality we're stuck in.
Anyway, we'll get what's coming to us, and we'll deserve it. Sucks that the rest of the world has to deal with our bullshit though - y'all deserve a better neighbor.
LOL, meanwhile, there is this: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq61660qpdpo
Dementia donnie is managing to do even worse than that. Way to go, conservatives/Republicans!
Thanks Lord Feltersnatch!
Donvict with the Meirdas Touch.