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The US must be viewed as an empire not just any country. If the empire sees something as a threat, it will find legal justifications for doing anything and it w
by rapsey 6y ago
The US must be viewed as an empire not just any country. If the empire sees something as a threat, it will find legal justifications for doing anything and it will absolutely make distinctions between local corporations or ones with too many ties to rival geopolitical states.
- bilbo0s 6y agoThis is the US, we've even threatened companies if they have too many ties to a rival political party. Let alone a rival political state. It's just the reality of the environment here in the US.
- unishark 6y agoPretty much every country does that. Look at IP disputes where courts constantly find for their own country's company, often to the point of making new law at the supreme court level to do it. What does that have to do with empires? An empire rules over others, while any country will take care of its own.
- rapsey 6y ago> Pretty much every country does that. The smart ones do. While TikTok is more domestic. Huawei is definitely viewed as an empire threat and the US is acting way beyond what other countries are doing.