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> Is there any reason America or Europe shouldn't take Chinese or Russian capital flight money? Sure, it's maintaining the rule of law and human rights. I'm s
by avmich 4y ago
> Is there any reason America or Europe shouldn't take Chinese or Russian capital flight money?
Sure, it's maintaining the rule of law and human rights.
I'm sure we don't need to question how profitable that is?
- from 4y agoI suppose we may disagree on the idea that America or Germany or the UK has an obligation to help China maintain the rule of law.
- germinalphrase 4y agoPerhaps, less ‘obligation’ and more ‘interest’.
- from 4y agoHow about this: Why are we spending man hours investigating and [returning](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-repatriates-over-20-million-assets-stolen-former-nigerian-dictator https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-repatriates-ove...) millions of dollars to Nigeria when they have done almost nothing to stop the massive amount of romance and BEC scams coming from their country? Why are we [fining](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/utstarcom-inc-agrees-pay-15-million-penalty-acts-foreign-bribery-china https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/utstarcom-inc-agrees-pay-15-m...) [companies](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ericsson-agrees-pay-over-1-billion-resolve-fcpa-case https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ericsson-agrees-pay-over-1-bi...) for bribery in China when they pirate American software, steal American intellectual property and turn a blind eye to "research chemical" companies exporting tons of fentanyl? What I am saying is that instead of paying the third world's law enforcement bill for them we should try to stop getting ripped off first.