Sadly this is nothing new for him, Ryan Grim regularly falls for the latest imperial lie, he’s definitely drinking from the US foreign policy consensus Kool-Aid on China and HongKong.
“the us isn’t authoritarian domestically” jfc https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1307073244718084096
Honestly I feel like learning anti-imperialism is a prerequisite for proper radicalization in the US, otherwise you end up a “social-imperialist” like the most liberal Bernie Sanders supporters, a neo-Strasserite Trump-supporting union guy, or a lumpen crypto trader praying to Andrew Yang for neetbux.
After all, there are no other Western countries.
San Marino (2/100K incarceration)? You’re pulling my leg!
Liechtenstein (31/100K incarceration)? Not on my map!
Iceland (37/100K incarceration)? It’s called Alaska!
I feel like when you work at The Intercept, you are legally only able to use your brain for reporting, anything else you can’t.
You know a lib has no actual logic in his response when he says shit like “wow people actually agree with this.” Like yeah dumb ass.