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no american tech ceo is getting killed because of a minor dispute like this why does everyone on HN think we're in some low budget spy movie

ulfw 6y ago
Spoon-fed propaganda does that to people. It’s easy to fall into a black or white binary “good” vs “evil” trap, which clouds peoples judgement and makes them overlook the nuances that are in every dispute.
tomc1985 6y ago
What makes you think that? The Russian government just poisoned another opposition thinker, these things are not beyond the pale. North Korea hired a couple of pretty girls to kill a renegade brother or somesuch in public. China has disappeared people over just a few wrong words If I were in that position I'd make sure I have at least a couple bodyguards, and good ones at that
- insidepgsmind 6y ago
  Worlds of difference between those countries and functioning democracies.
  - ohwellnevermind 6y ago
    Jeffery Epstein seems to be a similar situation.
  - tomc1985 6y ago
    Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in public, at an airport in South Korea. It's not like these folks are limited to their own borders. How many hours is a transpacific flight again? No doubt that "not pissing off the Chinese government" is one of the many reasons Mayer won't be speaking freely about the U.S. selloff in public.
    - DonaldFisk 6y ago
      Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in public, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.
    - insidepgsmind 6y ago
      Malaysia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-nam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-nam
  - manigandham 6y ago
    Those countries can deploy action in functioning democracies. It might even be easier for them to do so since they don't follow the same rules.
- Kaveren 6y ago
  > The Russian government just poisoned another opposition thinker, wow i didn't know he was an american CEO. you're a genius. > North Korea hired a couple of pretty girls to kill a renegade brother or somesuch in public. wow i didn't know being an american CEO made you the brother of a dictator in an authoritarian country > China has disappeared people over just a few wrong words wow i didn't know the american CEO was a chinese citizen what an incredibly stupid comment. i have never left a trolling comment quite this stupid. and ive left a lot of stupid comments. holy shit dude
  - nextaccountic 6y ago
    Please read the HN guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
    - Kaveren 6y ago
      fuck you and dang
MattGaiser 6y ago
Fascist states often differ little from low budget spy movies.

ulfw 6y ago

Spoon-fed propaganda does that to people. It’s easy to fall into a black or white binary “good” vs “evil” trap, which clouds peoples judgement and makes them overlook the nuances that are in every dispute.

tomc1985 6y ago

What makes you think that? The Russian government just poisoned another opposition thinker, these things are not beyond the pale. North Korea hired a couple of pretty girls to kill a renegade brother or somesuch in public. China has disappeared people over just a few wrong words If I were in that position I'd make sure I have at least a couple bodyguards, and good ones at that

insidepgsmind 6y ago
Worlds of difference between those countries and functioning democracies.
- ohwellnevermind 6y ago
  Jeffery Epstein seems to be a similar situation.
- tomc1985 6y ago
  Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in public, at an airport in South Korea. It's not like these folks are limited to their own borders. How many hours is a transpacific flight again? No doubt that "not pissing off the Chinese government" is one of the many reasons Mayer won't be speaking freely about the U.S. selloff in public.
  - DonaldFisk 6y ago
    Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in public, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.
  - insidepgsmind 6y ago
    Malaysia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-nam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-nam
- manigandham 6y ago
  Those countries can deploy action in functioning democracies. It might even be easier for them to do so since they don't follow the same rules.
Kaveren 6y ago
> The Russian government just poisoned another opposition thinker, wow i didn't know he was an american CEO. you're a genius. > North Korea hired a couple of pretty girls to kill a renegade brother or somesuch in public. wow i didn't know being an american CEO made you the brother of a dictator in an authoritarian country > China has disappeared people over just a few wrong words wow i didn't know the american CEO was a chinese citizen what an incredibly stupid comment. i have never left a trolling comment quite this stupid. and ive left a lot of stupid comments. holy shit dude
- nextaccountic 6y ago
  Please read the HN guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
  - Kaveren 6y ago
    fuck you and dang

MattGaiser 6y ago

Fascist states often differ little from low budget spy movies.