How much better do you think life would be if America was an authoritarian state like Russia or china?

[torossia1171]

Imagine if the United states had a violently authoritarian regimes like Russia or China, I would like to know if you think life in this type of United States would be terrible please explain why and how you would not like it if we were governed the same manner as in China or Russia.

[Brokenheartedx]

China is a mixed bag of crazy, they don't do religion so anyone caught being religious faces harsh punishment
They rarely have anyone of colour in their countries and when they do they treat them badly.
No human rights
No anti government protests
Their word is the law
And very rarely you see fat people due to the poverty amongst the serfs
Stunted growth
Athletes drugged

Pretty much brainwashed from birth.

[DryGermanGuy]

About the religion, that's not true, people in China can be religious, I know some. The CCP has a problem with big independent churches, as in churches potentially questioning the singular leadership of the party.

[Goforit1010]

I think a better Q to ask is how many people are breaking immigration laws to get into China and Russia to live there compared to the US?

If the US had a Gov't similar to those countries (communist), i guarantee life would NOT be better, but MUCH MUCH WORSE!

It would seem since you don't care for the US, you're more than welcome to LEAVE and go live in Russia or China. You can see 1st hand how much "better" it really is there, compared to the US.

[jshm2]

It is.

American kills and imprisons more than Russia and China put together.

Just because you have democratic pretensions, doesn't mean you are a full democracy.

[Avicenna]

It would be much, much worse (and the US government is already corrupt and somewhat authoritarian). There is no benefit to totalitarianism.

[BeMuse]

It would mean civil war. Life would be very hard and people like would you would die fast.

[joeldalton]

Losers would be killed. Which is really bad for people who advocate for America to become like China or Russia.

[OddBeMe]

Depends on who takes authority doesn't it? 50/50 on whether you’d agree with them.

[EnglishEuropean]

What makes you think it isn't?