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If your own government sends you a manipulated device, is that really better than a foreign government sending you a manipulated device?
by jakobegger 7y ago
If your own government sends you a manipulated device, is that really better than a foreign government sending you a manipulated device?
- imgabe 7y agoYou pay taxes to your government, right? Is that really better than sending your money to a foreign government? Of course a manipulated device isn't ideal, but if it's one where I at least have some say in the government and that can in a lot of cases be trusted to respect human rights that's better. I mean are you actually asking if it's better to be ruled by the US government than the Chinese government? It is possible to go see for yourself.
- jakobegger 7y agoFirst of all, I don't live in the US. I pay taxes to my government so that they build infrastructure, run public services, etc. Foreign governments normally don't do anything for me, so I don't pay them taxes (unless I'm travelling or doing business abroad, etc) I can think of no scenario where it would be acceptable that my government intercepts and manipulates a device that I ordered. If they would do that, I would protest and complain loudly. Also, I'm not "ruled" by my government. The government provides services and creates laws for the people. I don't live in a dictatorship.
- Chris_Chambers 7y agoYour IQ is no higher than 85, guaranteed.
- unlinked_dll 7y agoYes. Doubly so when the other nation is controlled by Xi's Chinese Communist Party.