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Are we heading for a future where dissidents in non democratic countries are marked as outlaws in democratic ones? Are we there already? Seems pretty sad. Wher
by max-ibel 5y ago
Are we heading for a future where dissidents in non democratic countries are marked as outlaws in democratic ones? Are we there already?
Seems pretty sad. Where else could they bank? Bitcoin?
It would be good to hear from the other side, but the “no comment” isn’t very reassuring.
- the_optimist 5y agoWe are actually in a present where dissidents in democratic countries are marked as outlaws in democratic countries. Sorry to tell you this, but the freedoms you thought you had were vacuumed away over the last two decades while you were not looking.
- routerl 5y ago> the freedoms you thought you had were vacuumed away over the last two decades while you were not looking. No, that's not true. We got to see it happening.
- em3rgent0rdr 5y ago"Where else could they bank? Bitcoin?" Given that it was "economic crimes" that China charged him with, and given how China has decided to crack down on bitcoin, then sadly Ai could not easily openly do all his transactions with cryptocurrency.
- zibzab 5y agoAlready there, this was on HN recently https://www.nzz.ch/english/swiss-phd-students-dismissal-spotlights-chinas-influence-ld.1638771 https://www.nzz.ch/english/swiss-phd-students-dismissal-spot...
- lelandfe 5y agoMan, what a tough article. The only scrap of evidence the professor could muster was a single complaint and a mention of the student losing his temper once, a year prior. Maddening.
- lenkite 5y agoThe US democracy has held Jan 6th protesters in jail without bail still awaiting a trial. This is being done to force a guilty plea before trial. Dissidents are marked as outlaws without justice even in democracies.