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USA removes Wakanda as trade partner after initially listing it as one
- planetzero 7y agoMost likely a developer on the website using test data and forgot to remove it. We've become so biased, the last time I saw this posted on HN, people were commenting on the administration somehow actually doing this intentionally.
- ineedasername 7y agoI could imagine a developer doing it deliberately as an Easter egg of sorts.
- ineedasername 7y agoWhere does it end? If we're discriminating against countries whose only fault is that they lack physical and historical existence, what next? For the vast majority of people who will never visit any African country there is practically no difference: Both Wakanda and those "real" countries are merely mental abstractions with no other practical infringement into the person's empirical experience. If this stands, it will be a slippery slope. Next we'll be told that Unicorns, similarly lacking in physical extension, should be deprive of basic animal rights.
- ineedasername 7y ago::sigh:: downvoted. I know, humour is generally discouraged on HN, but I thought the subtle hints of the metaphysics of imaginary creatures might attract some appreciation. Oh well, I regret nothing!