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Google, Amazon etc. already have contracts with other authoritarian governments like Qatar, Singapore, India and Indonesia. So what is the problem with coopera

Google, Amazon etc. already have contracts with other authoritarian governments like Qatar, Singapore, India and Indonesia. So what is the problem with cooperating with Israel?

praptak 5y ago
What is the scope of the contracts that you mention? I believe that the problem is cooperation with Israeli military, not with the Israel itself. There was a backlash against Maven, a similar contract with the US government.
desi_ninja 5y ago
Who the fck thinks india has authoritarian govt ? India has multiple news portals being harshly critical of govt 24x7 and enjoying viewership, ads and even govt ads. Is that a feature of one ? Which echo chamber news source you are referring ?
- jmnicolas 5y ago
  The fact there are criticism in the press doesn't mean the government isn't authoritarian. The way I see it, authoritarian means they can pass any laws they want without an effective resistance against them. I'm not speaking specifically about India here since I don't know much about the country.
  - known 5y ago
    Sometimes a divided country is better than a hopeless one https://twitter.com/0x101/status/1317685559414972418 https://twitter.com/0x101/status/1317685559414972418
perryizgr8 5y ago
> authoritarian governments ... India Lol... if anything, Indian government is too liberal. Comparing it with Qatar/Indonesia is ignorance, or intentional misinformation.
aerodog 5y ago
Neither Qatar, Singapore, nor Indonesia occupy foreign lands. Your comment is based on a false assumption.
kkapelon 5y ago
Why not focus on the problem/issue on its own? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition
aero-glide2 5y ago
India has many problems, and the current government isn't great. But it isn't authoritarian.
redis_mlc 5y ago
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tomjen3 5y ago
Several wrongs doesn’t make a right?
Ginden 5y ago
> So what is the problem with cooperating with Israel? Israel's maleficent behavior towards Arabs produces much stronger emotional response in Western people than misconduct of any other government. I suspect this has racist undertones - Jews are white, therefore they are judged by higher moral standards than non-white governments. This can also explain why WW2 Germany produces stronger emotional response than WW2 Japan. Other explanation can be mere exposure effect - Israel heavily interacts diplomatically and economically with European Union and United States. Though, Google employees protested cooperation with Chinese government - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employe...

Google, Amazon etc. already have contracts with other authoritarian governments like Qatar, Singapore, India and Indonesia. So what is the problem with cooperating with Israel?

praptak 5y ago

What is the scope of the contracts that you mention? I believe that the problem is cooperation with Israeli military, not with the Israel itself. There was a backlash against Maven, a similar contract with the US government.

desi_ninja 5y ago

Who the fck thinks india has authoritarian govt ? India has multiple news portals being harshly critical of govt 24x7 and enjoying viewership, ads and even govt ads. Is that a feature of one ? Which echo chamber news source you are referring ?

jmnicolas 5y ago
The fact there are criticism in the press doesn't mean the government isn't authoritarian. The way I see it, authoritarian means they can pass any laws they want without an effective resistance against them. I'm not speaking specifically about India here since I don't know much about the country.
- known 5y ago
  Sometimes a divided country is better than a hopeless one https://twitter.com/0x101/status/1317685559414972418 https://twitter.com/0x101/status/1317685559414972418

perryizgr8 5y ago

> authoritarian governments ... India Lol... if anything, Indian government is too liberal. Comparing it with Qatar/Indonesia is ignorance, or intentional misinformation.

aerodog 5y ago

Neither Qatar, Singapore, nor Indonesia occupy foreign lands. Your comment is based on a false assumption.

kkapelon 5y ago

Why not focus on the problem/issue on its own? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition

aero-glide2 5y ago

India has many problems, and the current government isn't great. But it isn't authoritarian.

redis_mlc 5y ago

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tomjen3 5y ago

Several wrongs doesn’t make a right?

Ginden 5y ago

> So what is the problem with cooperating with Israel? Israel's maleficent behavior towards Arabs produces much stronger emotional response in Western people than misconduct of any other government. I suspect this has racist undertones - Jews are white, therefore they are judged by higher moral standards than non-white governments. This can also explain why WW2 Germany produces stronger emotional response than WW2 Japan. Other explanation can be mere exposure effect - Israel heavily interacts diplomatically and economically with European Union and United States. Though, Google employees protested cooperation with Chinese government - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employe...