A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

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    10 hours ago

    I’m glad you thoroughly understand the concept of “the lesser evil”

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      10 hours ago

      There’s no such thing as a lesser evil, just priorities.

      When there’s an evil I can do something about and see firsthand and evil I can’t, I don’t spend a whole lot of personal effort virtue signaling about the second type when the first is happening down the street.

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        8 hours ago

        If you don’t believe in lesser evil like you just said, and you think China is fascist like you just implied, why say “at least the trains run on time they have healthcare”?

        It sounds like the kind of virtue signaling you disapprove of.

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          7 hours ago

          A fascist state that treats its in-group better isn’t less evil than one that doesn’t, it just shows that their in-group at least gets some benefits from their obedience to the state.

          If you’re going to sell your soul you might as well not be a cheap yet eager purchase, the kind of person that posts an article about America’s decline and then goes “at least it’s not as bad as this country I’ve never been to!”

          That’d just be fucking embarrassing.

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            5 hours ago

            What are you assuming about my identity, and declaring about your own identity, that makes you uniquely able to speak about affairs in China, while telling others to shut up about it?

            (context: From what I see, you joined this thread to praise China’s healthcare.)