Four pictures of police in different countries to handle protesters. Which ones look "authoritarian" and which ones look "democratic"?
The countries are China, France, Germany and the USA.
#ChinaProtests #COVID #lockdown #Beijing #XiJinping
Below is a photo of American police deployed to put down protests in the city of Ferguson (2014).
Machine guns, armored vehicles... US is a veritable police state.
But hypocrites all over the USA will get fired up about China at the drop of a hat.
European values when the "garden" had protests about COVID lockdown...
Guns, batons, shields, horses, dogs...
You don't have a mask??? Australia's police will choke you until you pass out.
Western values are very different from authoritarian China.
#ChinaProtests #COVID
And how liberal, human rights-loving Trudeau in Canada handled COVID lockdown protests
Canadian police armed like in a war zone.
#ChinaUprising
In the United States of America -- the beacon of human rights -- riot police drive "democracy cars" literally on top of protesters. It's allowed in the 75th amendment or something like that.
#China #ChinaProtests #Beijing
Then, of course, we have the "only democracy" in the Middle East. This also happens to be America's best friend. Even a 12-year-old Palestinian girl gets to enjoy the full benefits of democracy in this country.
One more: From the Netherlands, another free and democratic country in the great European Union.
COVID lockdown protesters beaten and bitten...
#ChinaProtests #Beijing
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