US tech may lag on the important stuff... but it's also pretty meh in the shitty ones too
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So, you know all those bad things you hear about China? State survalience, freedom of movement, free speech. We decided to implement all of the bad things and none of the good things.
Why? Well, because we have to. You don't want China to WIN THE RACE FOR AI SUPER INTELLIGENCE! Then you'll lose all your symbolic freedoms that have already been destroyed.
I just want high speed rail man. I just want to go to the grocery store and not spend $100+ for one bag of groceries. I can't follow recipes, the spices cost $12 or more a piece.
I don't want to "be China". I stan for China because despite their many flaws, they are improving and building shit. We can do that here if we learn from the way that they reign in capitalist control. My local library has visible black mold and the librarian is always coughing.
Also, a lot of the "evil state government disappearing people" are things like this:
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34127010
Say I'm crazy. But I think the death sentence is bad. But, if I was gonna reserve it for anything. I'd reserve it for people that decide to poison baby formula for profit.
Hell, if I was world dictator, I'd mandate than any mother that needed baby formula they could go into any store and get it for free. Meanwhile, we lock up our baby formula behind glass. Because no one in their right mind, sees someone stealing baby formula and thinks "that person is wrong". I would hope they think "what the fuck is wrong with our society that people are stealing baby formula"
Personally, I have this crazy idea:
What if we just had a strong regulatory state ... but democracy too? Is that too crazy to even imagine? Like... China, but with press freedoms? And open elections?
It doesn't seem nearly as radical to me as either China or the US presently, tbh.