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While I have no solution to offer, having two instead of one walled garden protected by a Great Firewall is certainly worse.
by robert_foss 6y ago
While I have no solution to offer, having two instead of one walled garden protected by a Great Firewall is certainly worse.
- nouveaux 6y agoWestern democracies at some point need to stand up to the lopsided competitive landscapes. Its one thing if this is a small up and coming country. China being number 2 (or number 1 according to the Economist) in the world deserves push back. They can afford to let companies compete on a more equal playing field now.
- robert_foss 6y agoThe US is no victim here, it has maintained its hegemony for 70 years. Maybe it is time for something else. I realize the people who have lived most of their lives in the US don't see the downsides of its hegemony, but rest assured that it is seen far more clearly elsewhere.
- dodobirdlord 6y ago> Maybe it is time for something else. No thanks. It's been a while since the US government perpetrated a genocide. China, not so much.
- robert_foss 6y agoThe 100k people who died in Iraq probably wouldn't agree with you.
- nouveaux 6y agoWestern democracies include Australia, Europe and many other parts of the world. I agree with you there are plenty of downsides to the hegemony. China being #2 does not need any pity either. So what's wrong with the US pushing back on China?
- robert_foss 6y agoPushing back is fine, or at least ok. But this mode of creating information divides will only serve to further the cultural distance between all parties.
- Tehdasi 6y agoI agree, but Trump is not putting that frame on it. I suspect he doesn't have a problem with China's 'unfair' competition policies, he just have a problem that the US can't have it's own similar policies. A better president would use this as leverage to get China to change it's policies.