porkchopnet
porkchopnet t1_j2l167l wrote
Reply to comment by Intrepid-Astronaut41 in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
These things have happened in the US but are they as common or egregious in the US as they are in (for example) Russia or China in the past few decades?
Can you honestly say (or find quality research that says) that the media in those countries are more free from government control than their US counterparts? That the people are less oppressed? That they use their influence to destabilize rivals less?
While I would think not I welcome quality research to challenge my assumption.
porkchopnet t1_j2lqojo wrote
Reply to comment by SplitPerspective in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
You are citing anecdotes not data. This is /r/science. How about defendable research?
Fortunately, there are actual quantafiable metrics that clearly show human freedoms on an index: https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores?sort=desc&order=Total%20Score%20and%20Status
USA scores 83/100.
China is 9/100.
Russia is 19.
Its not even close.