China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes

Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC

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This guy carried out an organized domestic terrorist attack with help from others, actually killed someone as well as badly injuring another, and got only 41 years. Why the disparity? The Federal Building where he murdered the security guard is just an administrative building; at least the people in Texas were motivated by the somewhat reasonable belief that they were attacking guards at a concentration camp. https:/…

>a concentration camp Most people at these facilities can leave at any time, right? Just so long as it isn't back into the United States? They can return to their country of origin, or another country. I'm sure someone will offer a correction if this particular facility was holding people for other crimes in addition to their unauthorized alien status.

Post by mmooss » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 4:01 AM UTC

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> If you can't be bothered to verify claims then don't cast doubt. It's the opposite: If you post claims then others will absolutely cast doubt and it's up to you to verify them. No way other people should do it for you (that's also very inefficient - you already know how to verify them and also it's redundant for everyone else to do it). Even better, you'll see people cite their claims before anyone asks. In any ser…

It's a comment section, and those are common sense observations about the Chinese economy. Like I said, you don't need to be convinced, it will continue happening whether you agree or not.

Post by saimiam » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC

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What, in your estimation, is the difference between saving face in China versus keeping-up-with-the-Joneses in America?

There's no "in my estimation" - this is a well-researched topic and the vast majority of sociologists agree that there is a major cultural difference between the two, starting with the fact that "keeping up with the Joneses" is an individual act of pride vs "saving face" in China not only involves individual pride of an objectively greater magnitude, but also a collective pride that is rare in Western cultures and al…

Post by nixon_why69 » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC

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I didn't mean to call you lazy, I hadn't seen any evidence that you see Beijing and Moscow as undifferentiated other, which is the habit of thought I did call lazy. You are awfully contrarian for someone whose response to an argument is "that's not proven to my satisfaction" and when asked what citations would satisfy you replies "it's not my job to define what citations I will and won't admit". You do you king, but…

> when asked what citations would satisfy you replies "it's not my job to define what citations I will and won't admit". That exchange never happened - maybe you're thinking of someone else? > I'll wager your mind was made up You can see how empty the Sinophile side is: they will talk about anything, say anything, but provide actual substance as a basis for their claims.

Post by IAmBroom » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC

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The options increase when you’re already breaking the law.

They will send people after you at some point like they did to Vadym Yermolaiev