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> USA protectionism Is it just maybe possible that the US public is waking up to the ongoing genocide, ethnic cleansings, and widespread human rights violation
by some_random 7y ago
> USA protectionism
Is it just maybe possible that the US public is waking up to the ongoing genocide, ethnic cleansings, and widespread human rights violations in China, which may lead to the state being sanctioned like so many other despicable regimes?
- linuxftw 7y agoNo. The average person in the US doesn't care about these things or even know about them. What is finally starting to make sense is that other countries have next to no regulations, and literal sweat shops, and US workers are feeling the effects these are having. IE, it's all about money.
- wsy 7y agoNo, because then US would stop doing business with Saudi-Arabia.
- some_random 7y agoThe fact that you consider the two similar betrays some pretty serious ignorance.
- cyphar 7y agoThe US backs (either financially, politically, or militarily) 70% of the world's dictatorships -- many of which were placed into power after US-organised coups overthrew their democratically-elected leaders. Yemen has open-air slave markets, thanks to the US's bombings and destabilisation of the region. The point is that "we are doing the humane thing" is not an argument that the US has legitimate access to anymore. Also let's not forget that Saudi Arabia treats women as third-class citizens. Let's not pretend they're some paragon of virtue.