• PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca
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      10 days ago

      There’s a difference between propaganda and selectively presented facts.

      The first graphic is misleading because it compares US war spending with Chinese infrastructure spending while ignoring American infrastructure investment and Chinese military spending. It’s a false comparison.

      The second graph is from the legitimate Democracy Perception Index 2024. The numbers aren’t fabricated, but they measure how democratic people think their country is, not how democratic it actually is.

      • NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.mlBanned
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        10 days ago

        It’s actually a fine comparison, because the US didn’t spend 1.8 trillion on infrastructure, and China didn’t spend 1.7 trillion on military, lol.

        The second graph is fine as well, as “how democratic a country actually is” isn’t really a measurable metric.

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          10 days ago

          the US didn’t spend 1.8 trillion on infrastructure, and China didn’t spend 1.7 trillion on military

          How much did they spend then?