I’m arguing for the least worst? I’m sorry, who said that they would “would rather live here than fucking Iran, North Korea, China, or Russia”? When did I say that one is a “better” place to live? I am not interested in such shallow analysis. No one “chooses” to live in either USA or Iran. Hypothetically choosing between imperialist blocs does not help anyone but the ruling class. It is always in my, and the working class’s imo, to oppose especially your own nation’s class oppressor first and foremost. And as the hegemonic state, the US is quite the oppressor to much of the world. This ofc does not excuse other imperialist actions by other states, but am merely stating where my own practical responsibility lies. You seem to think being critical of the US, to the appropriate degree, the highest degree, is somehow an allowance for other states to commit crimes. The question is immaterial; rights under US capital are contingent and conditional, just as they are under Chinese state-capitalism. Domestic minority rights that we do have are structurally dependent on the exploitation of global south. How can we enjoy a “safe” liberal democracy at home while our tax dollars bomb hospitals, subvert elections, install dictators? You do know how Iran got to become the theocracy it is today, right?

You must analyze materially, not morally. Why is the US defending Ukraine? To “defend democracy”? No, to weaken a rival imperial power and secure energy corridors. Why is China trading with Iran? To secure oil for Chinese industry. The conflicts on the global stage run on capitalist, inter-imperialist incentives. Ranking genocides to show how the US is actually not that much worse, is immaterial.

The “genocides” you list, while I will not deny outright and are certainly concerning, have many red flags and leave questions unanswered, mainly due to how vague and biased much of the research is (Adrian Zenz is quite the character). But whether US interests are exaggerating these reports or not, there is plenty to criticize China for, using a state-capitalist structure to suppress labor and rely on growth and extraction, as well as their expansionist, bourgeois nationalism in Taiwan. Same goes for every capitalist state, like Russia and the incentives of their oligarchic class to defend against NATO encirclement and secure Black Sea trade routes. But these critiques are independent from US propaganda, and does not make Russian invasion or Chinese oppression more commendable. And again, much of these criticisms of other states can be similarly made right back at the US, and arguably amplified, given the global scale of US military and financial hegemony.

Your immediate whataboutism pivot to other “genocides” makes me wonder, how recent did you acknowledge the Palestinian genocide?