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Norway has just landed some major deals for exporting fish to China. And nor the goverment or the majority of the population seem to bother what China is doing.

Norway has just landed some major deals for exporting fish to China. And nor the goverment or the majority of the population seem to bother what China is doing. Money talks, while human rights are censored.

maxheadroom 7y ago
>And nor the goverment or the majority of the population seem to bother what China is doing. I think this has a lot to do with the, "It doesn't effect me, so its not my problem," mentality that is still pretty prevalent in the globalised world. As the lyric goes, "Credulous, at best, your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men."
bsaul 7y ago
I don’t think the general public is aware on what’s going on in china in details. They think it’s still pretty ok. But the direction the country is taking is pretty clear, and we soon should hear about nightmarish events more and more. Once one major western country starts taking a public stance and back it up with actions, the others will follow.
- Consultant32452 7y ago
  The US has just barely started to make some noises with this mini trade war, which I believe will result in some tariffs remaining in place encouraging some of our manufacturing to move from China to central America.
- raxxorrax 7y ago
  > the others will follow Sadly, that is only true for countries that have a president like Trump. A populist, strong-arm type of politician wouldn't be my first choice but my government in Germany would have folded already. They proposed that people need to use their real names on the internet just a few days ago. Yes, it is that bad and yes, they are old and frightened.
raxxorrax 7y ago
Only if your economic outlook is vastly positive people accept this form of control and see it as a necessity. There is indeed a danger that people start passively accepting the surveillance, even if the outlook turns in a worse direction. edit: It also helps that the majority is still lacking education and surveillance is a very real but abstract danger.
Razengan 7y ago
> Money talks, while human rights are censored. It does seem like the world is becoming/has become a cross-border plutocracy.

maxheadroom 7y ago

>And nor the goverment or the majority of the population seem to bother what China is doing. I think this has a lot to do with the, "It doesn't effect me, so its not my problem," mentality that is still pretty prevalent in the globalised world. As the lyric goes, "Credulous, at best, your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men."

bsaul 7y ago

I don’t think the general public is aware on what’s going on in china in details. They think it’s still pretty ok. But the direction the country is taking is pretty clear, and we soon should hear about nightmarish events more and more. Once one major western country starts taking a public stance and back it up with actions, the others will follow.

Consultant32452 7y ago
The US has just barely started to make some noises with this mini trade war, which I believe will result in some tariffs remaining in place encouraging some of our manufacturing to move from China to central America.
raxxorrax 7y ago
> the others will follow Sadly, that is only true for countries that have a president like Trump. A populist, strong-arm type of politician wouldn't be my first choice but my government in Germany would have folded already. They proposed that people need to use their real names on the internet just a few days ago. Yes, it is that bad and yes, they are old and frightened.

raxxorrax 7y ago

Only if your economic outlook is vastly positive people accept this form of control and see it as a necessity. There is indeed a danger that people start passively accepting the surveillance, even if the outlook turns in a worse direction. edit: It also helps that the majority is still lacking education and surveillance is a very real but abstract danger.

Razengan 7y ago

> Money talks, while human rights are censored. It does seem like the world is becoming/has become a cross-border plutocracy.