GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoThe while the US talks a big game, China plays a big game.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square141linkfedilinkarrow-up1886arrow-down148
arrow-up1838arrow-down1imageThe while the US talks a big game, China plays a big game.lemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square141linkfedilink
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·4 days agoThat’s a pretty strong case of whataboutism. Nobody said that anything was fine and dandy in China. Only that they planned to build a high speed rail and they did it, while the US repeatedly fails at the same thing.
minus-squarehark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days agoIt’s only whataboutism if it’s defense of a non-western country.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoNo, it’s whatabputism if it has nothing to do with the original argument.
That’s a pretty strong case of whataboutism. Nobody said that anything was fine and dandy in China. Only that they planned to build a high speed rail and they did it, while the US repeatedly fails at the same thing.
It’s only whataboutism if it’s defense of a non-western country.
No, it’s whatabputism if it has nothing to do with the original argument.