<i>Most Tibetans were slaves according to any reasonable definition. Chinese government propaganda uses that to try to legitimize their invasion of Tibet as a “liberation.” From the other side, we behold the bizarre spectacle of liberal American Buddhist intellectuals defending Tibetan slavery.</i><p>This is a lesson for naive Western people who have no clue about arguing with twisted communist logic.<p>The correct answer is the following. Yes, they were slaves, but you did not liberate them. Replacing one repression with another one is not liberation.