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Isn't your attitude basically. "whataboutism" [1]. The journey to change starts with a single action... don't disagree with the hypocrisy, but change can't hap
by chrisacky 8y ago
Isn't your attitude basically. "whataboutism" [1].
The journey to change starts with a single action... don't disagree with the hypocrisy, but change can't happen if it's prevented from operating in some circumstances in a silo.
[1] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
- bigmattystyles 8y agoNot really, whataboutism is excusing one by pointing out the other. This is saying don’t forget about X as well if we clean house of morally questionable sources of money.
- mrkstu 8y agoI was going to proactively address this but hoped it wouldn't have been necessary. In this case the parallels are so stark that it practically screams out its own blatancy. Google's planned submission to China's regime is just the beginning of where things have been are are going towards with Xi's China. Since the Prince's extralegal extortion of the uber rich class in Saudi Arabia its been obvious that he's been concentrating power in his hands like Xi. Turkey, Russia, Syria, Hungary, China, Venezuela- oppressive strong-men governments are rising like floods in narrow canyons after a storm. It is time that we identify the systemic rise of these Putin clones and decide on a coordinated and consistent response.