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Saying that TikTok employs 130 CCP members doesn't mean much. How many Republicans and Democrats do a typical American company employ?Maybe they don't talk abou

Saying that TikTok employs 130 CCP members doesn't mean much. How many Republicans and Democrats do a typical American company employ?Maybe they don't talk about politics at work in China either?

tjpnz 6y ago
Last I heard Republicans and Democrats weren't involved in the systematic genocide of an ethnic minority.
- resfirestar 6y ago
  That’s silly, of course you can point to things American governments have done that the average voter wouldn’t feel personally responsible for. Many Democrats would accuse the current administration of trying to carry out a genocide against Latin American immigrants, and both Obama and Trump are guilty of countless crimes against humanity overseas.
  - tjpnz 6y ago
    If you're referring to ICE I would still take my chances being incarcerated in one of their detention facilities over a Uighur concentration camp. Much more likely to get out alive and not sterilized.
    - resfirestar 6y ago
      That wasn’t the comparison I was making, it was about whether a rank and file Republican non-politician would feel personally responsible for ICE’s actions if they are ever found to be criminal.
    - __m 6y ago
      An apt comparison would be the West‘s war on terror. In terms of civilians killed I highly doubt that they are anywhere near our numbers.
- hutzlibu 6y ago
  Not anymore
- newen 6y ago
  America supports Israel financially, politically, and with military support. Israel is genociding Palestinians right now. And you have constant bombings of civilians in the Middle East. And you have sanctions on Venezuela and Iran which lead to many many civilian deaths.
resfirestar 6y ago
Being a CPC member is a bit more involved than being registered Democrat or Republican. And the article specifically points to them having a chapter at Bytedance. Again, this is normal in China, but it’s not really comparable to anything here.
ericmay 6y ago
What? How is this in any way comparable? Being a registered Democrat doesn’t make you an agent of the government...

Saying that TikTok employs 130 CCP members doesn't mean much. How many Republicans and Democrats do a typical American company employ?Maybe they don't talk about politics at work in China either?

tjpnz 6y ago

Last I heard Republicans and Democrats weren't involved in the systematic genocide of an ethnic minority.

resfirestar 6y ago
That’s silly, of course you can point to things American governments have done that the average voter wouldn’t feel personally responsible for. Many Democrats would accuse the current administration of trying to carry out a genocide against Latin American immigrants, and both Obama and Trump are guilty of countless crimes against humanity overseas.
- tjpnz 6y ago
  If you're referring to ICE I would still take my chances being incarcerated in one of their detention facilities over a Uighur concentration camp. Much more likely to get out alive and not sterilized.
  - resfirestar 6y ago
    That wasn’t the comparison I was making, it was about whether a rank and file Republican non-politician would feel personally responsible for ICE’s actions if they are ever found to be criminal.
  - __m 6y ago
    An apt comparison would be the West‘s war on terror. In terms of civilians killed I highly doubt that they are anywhere near our numbers.
hutzlibu 6y ago
Not anymore
newen 6y ago
America supports Israel financially, politically, and with military support. Israel is genociding Palestinians right now. And you have constant bombings of civilians in the Middle East. And you have sanctions on Venezuela and Iran which lead to many many civilian deaths.

resfirestar 6y ago

Being a CPC member is a bit more involved than being registered Democrat or Republican. And the article specifically points to them having a chapter at Bytedance. Again, this is normal in China, but it’s not really comparable to anything here.

ericmay 6y ago

What? How is this in any way comparable? Being a registered Democrat doesn’t make you an agent of the government...