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Paul Graham, of Y Combinator, commented on Patrick Collison's tweet: “It is not without cost for the head of a global business to take this kind of stand, whic

Paul Graham, of Y Combinator, commented on Patrick Collison's tweet: “It is not without cost for the head of a global business to take this kind of stand, which is why you see so few doing it.” https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1277853802096398338 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1277853802096398338

mtgx 6y ago
Meanwhile others actively seek to do whatever it takes to get into China (see Google's Sundar Pichai, FB's Zuckerberg, etc).
redis_mlc 6y ago
Xi, Hitler, Stalin. Same monsters, just different names. This is what evil looks like: China forcing birth control on Uighurs to suppress population, report says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53220713 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53220713 If you don't know what an IUD is, or what the side-effects are, I suggest you read about it.
- stevens32 6y ago
  > For decades, China had one of the most extensive systems of minority entitlements in the world, with Uighurs and others getting more points on college entrance exams, hiring quotas for government posts and laxer birth control restrictions. Under China’s now-abandoned ‘one child’ policy, the authorities had long encouraged, often forced, contraceptives, sterilization and abortion on Han Chinese. But minorities were allowed two children — three if they came from the countryside. This is what evil looks like?
  - redis_mlc 6y ago
    1) Yes it is. Stop being a useful idiot for the CCP. 2) Here is a good overview of current affairs with China: Has Trump Undone Communist China More than We Realize? (2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnweGOmQWds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnweGOmQWds
  - foogazi 6y ago
    > Under China’s now-abandoned ‘one child’ policy, the authorities had long encouraged, often forced, contraceptives, sterilization and abortion on Han Chinese. But minorities were allowed two children — three if they came from the countryside. > This is what evil looks like? Yes, that is horrible
    - stevens32 6y ago
      It is horrible, you're right. The parent comment implied it was evil to mistreat minorities - absolutely true. But in the article that was linked it mentions that they were treated better than the majority, and were now reduced to the same (horrible) treatment of the majority. This is an altogether different crime due to mistakes in policy that lead to overpopulation. Would the Nazi Germans ever have let Jewish people have fewer restrictions and easier access to government positions? No. The comparison as presented here is untenable.
kohtatsu 6y ago
Oh god, not the cost! Fuck humans; let's earn some cash. IUD procedures are actually awful, it involves a speculum, a needle to the cervix, and a device for spreading it to insert the IUD. They last 3-10 years depending on size, and are not risk free. My girlfriend had cramps for months, and went to the hospital 4 times from the pain with the smallest IUD.
mytailorisrich 6y ago
YC seems to have had a biff with the Chinese government. They abandoned plans to expand to China at the end of last year without too much details (afaik). Something must have happened and clearly there is no love lost.

mtgx 6y ago

Meanwhile others actively seek to do whatever it takes to get into China (see Google's Sundar Pichai, FB's Zuckerberg, etc).

redis_mlc 6y ago

Xi, Hitler, Stalin. Same monsters, just different names. This is what evil looks like: China forcing birth control on Uighurs to suppress population, report says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53220713 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53220713 If you don't know what an IUD is, or what the side-effects are, I suggest you read about it.

stevens32 6y ago
> For decades, China had one of the most extensive systems of minority entitlements in the world, with Uighurs and others getting more points on college entrance exams, hiring quotas for government posts and laxer birth control restrictions. Under China’s now-abandoned ‘one child’ policy, the authorities had long encouraged, often forced, contraceptives, sterilization and abortion on Han Chinese. But minorities were allowed two children — three if they came from the countryside. This is what evil looks like?
- redis_mlc 6y ago
  1) Yes it is. Stop being a useful idiot for the CCP. 2) Here is a good overview of current affairs with China: Has Trump Undone Communist China More than We Realize? (2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnweGOmQWds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnweGOmQWds
- foogazi 6y ago
  > Under China’s now-abandoned ‘one child’ policy, the authorities had long encouraged, often forced, contraceptives, sterilization and abortion on Han Chinese. But minorities were allowed two children — three if they came from the countryside. > This is what evil looks like? Yes, that is horrible
  - stevens32 6y ago
    It is horrible, you're right. The parent comment implied it was evil to mistreat minorities - absolutely true. But in the article that was linked it mentions that they were treated better than the majority, and were now reduced to the same (horrible) treatment of the majority. This is an altogether different crime due to mistakes in policy that lead to overpopulation. Would the Nazi Germans ever have let Jewish people have fewer restrictions and easier access to government positions? No. The comparison as presented here is untenable.

kohtatsu 6y ago

Oh god, not the cost! Fuck humans; let's earn some cash. IUD procedures are actually awful, it involves a speculum, a needle to the cervix, and a device for spreading it to insert the IUD. They last 3-10 years depending on size, and are not risk free. My girlfriend had cramps for months, and went to the hospital 4 times from the pain with the smallest IUD.

mytailorisrich 6y ago

YC seems to have had a biff with the Chinese government. They abandoned plans to expand to China at the end of last year without too much details (afaik). Something must have happened and clearly there is no love lost.