porkchopnet t1_j2lqojo wrote on January 2, 2023 at 6:40 AM

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.

SplitPerspective t1_j2m2060 wrote on January 2, 2023 at 9:04 AM

Human freedom on an index, created by a liberal democracy. If you can’t even understand that when it comes to geopolitics, everything is biased, then you’re already stuck within the bounds of the system with a biased lens.

Case in point, millions of Chinese travel outside of China every year. If it’s so bad, you’d expect a mass exodus and/or asylum seekers. Then there are “expats” from liberal democracies retiring in China.