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I wasn't defending their action. Just pointing out that is the context they operate from. Whether it is fact or indoctrination isn't really important. Their act
by onethought 5y ago
I wasn't defending their action. Just pointing out that is the context they operate from. Whether it is fact or indoctrination isn't really important. Their action is 100% consistent with that belief.
Every country is lying/cheating/stealing... Is there an honest operator out there?
- robbedpeter 5y agoWell, yes - if Apple or Samsung violate IP laws, there is recourse. If China steals all the Arm Holdings IP and infrastructure in China, there is no recourse. If I scam someone on EBay or Amazon almost anywhere in the Western world, they can take me to court given sufficient evidence and magnitude of the scam. If a Chinese seller on Alibaba or Amazon scams me, there is zero recourse. The Western world has a surprising level of default trust and honesty in business. There are gross and obvious exceptions, but China is culturally and legally playing a vastly different and incompatible game.
- onethought 5y agoI was referring to state actors. “The western world” is the minority in the world… like 20 or so countries. And typically they benefited from colonialism. I know it’s fun to ignore history, but it’s dishonest.