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It seems like China ought to face economic consequences for this at least, assuming it's true (which I don't have any reason to doubt). Hopefully Biden does so
by elihu 6y ago
It seems like China ought to face economic consequences for this at least, assuming it's true (which I don't have any reason to doubt).
Hopefully Biden does something substantive, and ignores any consideration of the optics of being "tough on China" when that was Trump's thing. This and how he deals with the Myanmar coup are going to be big early tests of what his foreign policy is going to be like.
Social media companies probably have some influence one way or the other over how this plays out, but I don't have much confidence in them to consistently make good decisions absent significant social pressure. The Chinese market is big, and if access to that market depends on assisting government censorship, then they may see that as the cost of doing business.
What can individual people do? The obvious answers are to lobby their elected representatives, donate to good causes, and buy products preferentially from companies that are speaking out and not from companies that are complicit. Is there any other kind of non-obvious activism that can work?
- edbob 6y agoMost of us can only do a bit, but acknowledging the truth helps. Refuse to fund companies like Disney and the NBA which bend over backward to defend and minimize the actions of the PRC. Support China's rivals. There are scores of great Taiwanese companies to buy from, not to mention South Korea and Japan.