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Don’t they have something like 100 million members? Given a population of 1.4 billion people, then this membership list is something like 7% of the population.
by blackrock 6y ago
Don’t they have something like 100 million members?
Given a population of 1.4 billion people, then this membership list is something like 7% of the population.
Some countries don’t even have 100 million people.
And it doesn’t even seem like you need to be anybody special to even join. Although I’m sure that the elite at the top, socializes often with CCP members for societal and business needs.
I’m certain that people in the west are making this out to be more of a bigger issue than it really is.
- whoevercares 6y agoTo join prior to college is pretty hard and normally with great visibility if one made it. Otherwise it’s like a chore task for common students who cannot afford go abroad and wishes to join state owned enterprise
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoApparently some of the people on the list hold positions in Western companies. Which is probably of interest to those businesses and citizens of those countries.
- messick 6y agoPerhaps to people who watch too much Fox News.
- thoughtstheseus 6y agoSomeone with access to Factset, Bloomberg, etc. could likely check this quickly?
- DoctorNick 6y agoMcCarthyism is back, baby! This time with extra racism!
- frozenport 6y agoYou wouldn't hire a Nazi would you? I'd like to screen my candidates against this list.
- yumraj 6y agoWhy would cross checking a list of CCP members against employees be racism? I’m sure the CCP members take an oath of allegiance to either China or CCP or both.
- tokai 6y agoWait - so never hire Americans?
- throwaway1777 6y agoIf you’re American it’s fine to hire Americans. If you aren’t then it might depend on the nature of the work. You think China lets Americans run the great firewall for example?
- coliveira 6y agoEvery foreign national has an oath of allegiance to their original country. Many foreign nationals also are affiliated to political parties. Why using a racist policy against Chinese?
- blackrock 6y agoSo by this logic, in regards affiliations with political parties: 1) Foreign countries should never hire Americans that have either voted for Republicans or Democrats? 2) Or to hire Americans that registered as either a Democrat or Republican? So, by this logic, if China took a countermeasure against this, then it would be illegal for the CEOs and corporate executives of American companies, to legally do business or transact in commerce in China. Because they would have likely voted for a political party, or have registered to be affiliated with a political party. This is a very slippery slope here.
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- stjohnswarts 6y agoMost of those countries aren't actively embracing the enslavement and brainwashing of an entire ethnic group.
- cscurmudgeon 6y agoWhy is checking for CCP membership racist? Unless, CCP itself is racist ...
- stjohnswarts 6y agoIf you think there is more racism here than the era when McCarthy was the new hotness....
- blackrock 6y agoSo, the purpose of this list is a witch-hunt?
- coliveira 6y agoSo the goal is to revive McCarthyism?
- zxcvbn4038 6y agoDid McCarthyism ever really go away? Socialist is still a swear word in political circles of the US. It’s the main reason we don’t have universal health care - as soon as anyone mentions it they get branded as socialist or communist. It’s also why our airlines are so crappy - I’ve always thought that trains and planes out to be nation-state level prestige projects.
- blackrock 6y ago> It’s also why our airlines are so crappy You’ve gotta fly in First Class. They say the air in the First Class cabin is different. It must be loaded with Perri-air [1] or something. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0xULQIaSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0xULQIaSU
- coliveira 6y agoYou're right, McCarthyism formally stopped, but its policies remain in force. But targeting and persecuting individuals would amount to reviving the few elements that we thought were surpassed.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoEspecially if they didn't report it in their documents submitted to the company.
- throwawawawaway 6y agoThe dataset is just for Shanghai