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> If you are a citizen of a state that is known to coerce its people to work for it, you are not an individual, you're a state-level actor. You are putting col
by jakobegger 7y ago
> If you are a citizen of a state that is known to coerce its people to work for it, you are not an individual, you're a state-level actor.
You are putting collective blame on a billion people for the actions of their dictatorial government. This is not a reasonable position to hold in a supposedly enlightened society, it is rather just a thinly veiled excuse for run-of-the-mill xenophobia.
- eastendguy 7y agoNobody blames anyone here. The point is that anyone who lives (or has family) in a dictatorship can be easily blackmailed by its own state, with no legal recourse.