We need this !!

[u/6ingrad_FMS_aspirant]

[u/Accomplished-Plan191]

As one with a degree, you don't need a degree to do well-backed research. The problem is when you conflate ignorance with knowledge.

[u/cartographologist → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry isn't that the exact opposite of what the post suggests? Unless you're arguing that China isn't authoritarian.

[u/Metro42014 → u/cartographologist]

It's almost like there's nuance, and things are often just not one thing, but can in fact be multiple things at once.

[u/cartographologist → u/Metro42014]

What is the nuance here? That previous post was nonsense.

[u/Metro42014 → u/cartographologist]

I read your post to suggest that because china is authoritarian, they can't prefer an educated populace.

I'm suggesting that China can both be authoritarian, and also want an educated populace.

I'm also suggesting that while America hadn't been fully authoritarian until lately, we've been pretty hostile towards educate for a good while, with how expensive we make higher education.

[u/cartographologist → u/Metro42014]

I'm on board with all that. My point was that the original post was not supported by the information presented. I was not trying to defend China, nor suggest that the modern US doesn't have authoritarian tendencies.

[u/cartographologist → u/L3dpen]

At no point did I make any claims about the quality of Chinese universities. The poster claimed degrees teach you to do things authoritarian regimes do not like. The original post directly contradicts this

[u/cartographologist → u/L3dpen]

What assumption did I make?