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Agreed completely. The degree of pressure that China applies outside of software is also very unsettling. The latest episode with the NBA allowing players to pr
by brightball 6y ago
Agreed completely. The degree of pressure that China applies outside of software is also very unsettling. The latest episode with the NBA allowing players to promote social causes on their uniforms for example...unless you’re supporting Hong Kong or Taiwan. It’s appalling.
- pm90 6y agoAmerica applies diplomatic pressure too, for the things it finds important. This is how international politics work.
- sidlls 6y agoThere’s diplomatic pressure and then there’s egregious crackdowns in service of totalitarianism.
- electronWizard 6y ago>then there’s egregious crackdowns in service of totalitarianism. Are you meaning using opaque processes to decide who goes on secret kill lists and then assassinating them with drones. Including American citizens with no due process? Don't get me wrong I like the US, especially when compared to China, but you can't claim the moral high ground in international diplomacy when twenty years into this century you've already invaded two middle eastern countries and destabilized a few others.
- sidlls 6y agoThe US, for all its flaws, is not yet a dictatorship that oppresses any opposition to the government with harsh penalties including imprisonment end execution. We’ve got serious problems and are well down the path of a fascist police state, but we aren’t there yet. Compared to China we very much can take the moral high ground.
- jcadam 6y agoWhat's an NBA? But seriously, I'd like to say I'm boycotting professional basketball, but I never really watched it anyway.