Not to mention that there is no US equivalent to the rampant human rights violations and censorship in China.
Also, the U.S. government is censoring Ladar Levison of Lavabit and others in his situation.
I've never been to China to see anything for myself, so I won't make further comparison, but prison state thing definitely bothers me.
Yep, I can tell. I can tell you haven't read about it either.
Of course we see more violations in china, but who's to say you don't have 10 times more of that from the US?
Just because they don't do it to US citizens (in most cases) it doesn't mean they don't do it.
Believing the other side is worse just cause you "see" more of that stuff, ends up being just blissful ignorance. Every party has it's faults and I have no doubt in my mind that the US has the most.
But we shouldn't worry... that's all to "protect the american citizens from terrorism" :D
So that makes it okay for them to systematically spy on their own citizens and violate their own constitution?
Saying "this country is worse" doesn't make it okay in the US.
Bad logic.
As to the US market - meh. The US is third world in terms of purchasing power. Only reason to base there is the pro-corporate corruption.