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The whatabout-ism regarding American companies doing similar stuff can be explained by that great quote, “in the United States the journalists are so powerful t
by Flatcircle 4y ago
The whatabout-ism regarding American companies doing similar stuff can be explained by that great quote, “in the United States the journalists are so powerful they can throw politicians in jail, in China the politicians are so powerful they can throw journalists in jail.”
The CCP is getting this data, and they have significantly more carte blanche to do nefarious things than US government officials do.
- tomjen3 4y agoIf China tells my government to throw me in jail, they will be laughed at in the press. If the us tells my government that I am a terrorist, I am getting my door kicked in at 3 a.m. Unless you travel there, China is a pointless waste human potential.
- pphysch 4y agoFamous Chinese dissident journalist Julian Assange.
- Ekaros 4y agoAt least China doesn't seem to be out-right mass murdering people around the globe with explicit approval and support of its population. Or at leas the population being complicit by not taking the justice in their hands when they are able to.