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Do note this situation is maybe new for Americans, i.e. people from the US. For many of us in the rest of the world, it turns out this scenario of "foreign pow
by the_af 4y ago
Do note this situation is maybe new for Americans, i.e. people from the US.
For many of us in the rest of the world, it turns out this scenario of "foreign power in control of the tech and data we use daily" has been a reality for ages. It's just that the foreign power wasn't China.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoIt's not the foreign part that bothers me- it's the adversary part.
- the_af 4y agoWould it surprise you that people in some countries in the world (I don't mean China or Russia, mind you) would consider the US as adversarial at times?
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- pasquinelli 4y agolike adversaries before, china isn't forcing america to treat it as an adversary. it's just the military-industrial complex needs a reason to continue building capacity now that the war on terror is over. the war on terror replaced the cold war, the cold war replaced world war 2. it will continue this way until the next global imperial power sets to tune that america will dance to.
- reducesuffering 4y agoBS. China has said themselves they're preparing to invade Taiwan in what will be a bloody war. Would you prefer deterring that or letting another Ukraine happen?
- lmm 4y agoThe US may have similar national interests to my country, but that hasn't stopped them going after individuals in my country - with a lot more effectiveness than if China tried the same thing.
- fsckboy 4y agoto me your argument sounds like that fraction of the Ukrainian population telling his neighbors, "Russia has all of our personal information, and the US also has our personal information. SaMe tHIng amirite!?" sadly, you believe it, for now. Not saying you don't have a point, saying that it doesn't fall under the heading "national security threat" no matter what country you're from.
- the_af 4y agoI'm sorry, China is not to the US as Russia to Ukraine. Your comparison is ridiculous. The US backed coups d'etat and interfered with democracies in my part of the world, so you're wrong: it's very much a matter of national security for us.
- pessimizer 4y agoI have it on good authority that the US and Ukraine are women and that China and Russia are rapists who are blaming the victim by denying the US and Ukraine their agency and gaslighting them. That's why it's a genocide, I think.