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I guess if the Chinese gov sold their stakes in Chinese tech companies to politically connected businessmen then the censorship would be ok because free speech
by sthnblllII 6y ago
I guess if the Chinese gov sold their stakes in Chinese tech companies to politically connected businessmen then the censorship would be ok because free speech doesn’t apply to “private” companies with ties to US intelligence like Cisco and Microsoft?
The US is the one going out of its way to attack countries that don't bend the knee like Iraq and Venezuela. China pays its partners in Africa for their resources. US overthrows governments to steal them and “spread democracy”. Why does US spread democracy to Iraq but not Saudi Arabia, a literal monarchy? (Because US only care about power) The projection of US sins onto China is unreal and lays bare US meddling and hypocrisy.
- jacknews 6y agoUSA is certainly no saint, eg Banana Republics, not to mention war crimes in the middle-east. But IMHO a world 'under' USA's insistence on openness, human-rights, democracy, (and free-flowing oil, etc, of course), is preferable to China's opaque mercantilism and spiteful sensitivity. My point is that USA is aping those attributes. We need to stop being dragged into a less-free world.
- sthnblllII 6y agoBut the US doesn't promote openness, human rights, or democracy. It promotes its own mercantilism and spiteful sensitivity while accusing others of doing so. How many human rights do Palestinians have in USA’s greatest ally, Israel? (40% are denied citizenship) How much market openness is Tiktok seeing in US? Why is US #2 mid east ally a monarchy? These are all baldfaced lies and only uninformed Americans living in the US media bubble believe them. The people in charge of the US are hell bent on destroying those things when they come into conflict with their own power. Therefore they should have no role in enforcing any international orders.