it might be worse in terms of brutality against police.

Oh noooo…anyway

Low effort, brain dead take

To add to this, on Lemmy I often find myself both agreeing and disagreeing with a user depending on the topic and community. It adds a layer of additional context and nuance to that user. If I was just to follow the user vs. community, however, I may get the impression that the user is not worth following if I happen to run across them on a topic that we have disagreements on.

China currently has one of the largest public high speed rail systems and continues to invest in its expansion. This is a complement to that to help establish more reliable trade routes with its neighbors while simultaneously boosting their involvement in those economies and their dependence on China. Much better use of resources than genocide and regional destabilization through war (like some other imperialist nations) if you ask me.