The United States pays interest on approximately $850 billion in debt held by the People’s Republic of China. China, however, is currently in default on its sovereign debt held by American bondholders.

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      02 years ago

      Because “family values” in US discourse is usually code for homophobia and sexism, while “anti-communism” is usually just racism, classism and xenophobia.

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          12 years ago

          I dont think the average American really knows what communism is.

          In fact, me just saying this will likely result in many Americans acusing me of being a Communist even though I have said nothing to indicate my position on it, one way or the other.

          Such is the power of the word ‘communism’ in the United States.

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        12 years ago

        Yeah saying “usually” and assuming a US discourse while not explaining what is wrong with a traditional family value and anti communism is not what I expected. Should have know that people only think in USA while in their “America bad” mind state. My bad.

        Thing is, ironically, the only people whom have treated me and my people with racism, classism and xenophobia are leftists, be from Europe or north America. Weird.

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          12 years ago

          What is your ethnicity if I may ask? Because the anti communism bit does vary per society somewhat, but “traditional family values” are usually a far more constant in discouraging a wide variety of perfectly fine things.

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            12 years ago

            I don’t know what ethnicity I am, but leftists love to call me and my people brown gusano even tho we are not from Cuba

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      -12 years ago

      These concepts are perverted into justification for actions that are either entirely irrelevant or only related to these values through a very, very specific lens.

      An example is family values being used as a cudgel against acceptance of LGBTQ individuals/communities for quite some time now. Or how “communism” quickly became a synonym for “not explicitly conservative”.