This is the one sentence that everyone on HN must remember when we get into debates about who is better/worse/trump/xi/etc.
In China, you have no rights. There is no recourse. There are no promises made by the state to protect you. This is because of China’s situation where it needs a strong central state to maintain control of the distant provinces and keep from fragmenting, but that is another debate in and of itself.
The US has screwed up horribly many times, for sure, and is not perfect. But here and in many other countries you are innocent until proven guilty and have the ability to take the state to court to fight a decision you disagree with or feel is unfair.
Not only that, but there are significant parts of US jurisprudence that impact people's lives every single day that are the explicit result of citizens winning against the state in court.
This is the one sentence that everyone on HN must remember when we get into debates about who is better/worse/trump/xi/etc.
In China, you have no rights. There is no recourse. There are no promises made by the state to protect you. This is because of China’s situation where it needs a strong central state to maintain control of the distant provinces and keep from fragmenting, but that is another debate in and of itself.
The US has screwed up horribly many times, for sure, and is not perfect. But here and in many other countries you are innocent until proven guilty and have the ability to take the state to court to fight a decision you disagree with or feel is unfair.