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It isn't proof that communism works -- it is proof that collaborating with communism and stealing the fruits of subjugated Chinese people who don't have freedoms like democracy and property rights doesn't work.

We must put the odious idea of trading with authoritarian nations to bed once and for all. Allowing any authoritarian nation to exist, especially one the size of China is like ignoring a festering wound and trading with one is like pouring filth on that wound.

Every democracy is threatened by the presence of authoritarianism and it must be wiped off the face of the earth by any means necessary. To do otherwise is to ignore the problem until be becomes to great to ignore and even possibly defeat.

We have ignored this problem and even profited of it for far too long. We owe it to every human being on the planet to provide them the opportunity to live in a liberal democracy.

You could also say that the US is evidence that stealing Indian lands works. Add to that the benefit of having two oceans as a buffer zone between it and the wars in Asia / Europe.

Nothing is perfect. But that doesn't mean that China and the threat it poses is legitimate or acceptable.

If Europe can be freed from authoritarianism than we can and must do the same in other places.

"The threat it poses" to who? How is this any different from the threats other countries pose? The US not being authoritarian hasn't stopped it being a menace throughout the world. The Europeans have long been colonizers in the past. Why is China being singled out here?

I mean, the economic benefits of stealing land are clear…

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, but half of the US thinks WE should have an authoritarian government. We may soon be in a post-democracy world.

I agree that we should extinguish authoritarianism where ever we find it, at home and abroad.

It is also important to recognize the link between this domestic authoritarianism and foreign. There is an incontrovertible link between the rise of American authoritarianism and Russia's attempt to invade Ukraine.

attempt?

> half of the US thinks WE should have an authoritarian government.

And each half thinks it's the other one who's voting for authoritarianism tomorrow.

Which is bonkers considering there is only one side that has attempted to overturn an election and has a candidate who openly admires autocrats and genocidal dictators.

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