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This isn't about parenting our citizens, it's about protecting America business from unfair foreign competition. China is a massive market they get exclusive ac
by km3r 4y ago
This isn't about parenting our citizens, it's about protecting America business from unfair foreign competition. China is a massive market they get exclusive access to that gives them a huge advantage. For example, they can afford to not run as many ads as American companies. Our free market is only available to other free markets.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoBanning products always distorts markets. If the US decides to distort markets for ideological reasons the CCP has already won.
- dymk 4y agoDistorting a market isn’t always a bad thing.
- throwawaylinux 4y ago> Banning products always distorts markets. This truism doesn't really say anything. Things can distort more than one way. If China has distorted markets in its favor, you would certainly want to distort them back toward neutral or to your favor. > If the US decides to distort markets for ideological reasons the CCP has already won. Won what?
- anigbrowl 4y agoThe US already distorts markets for ideological reasons. Also, you're characterizing ideology as the only space of conflict, and since ideologies are necessarily abstractions you can just go into endless recursion saying 'if X does Y then Z has already won' without it being measurable in any meaningful way. That kind of argument is its own thought terminating cliche.
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- remarkEon 4y agoMarkets are just a tool. They are not a god that we have to grovel to, and when markets start to allow things that are detrimental to the health and security of a country and her citizens then the government is absolutely in the right to step in as Sovereign and stop it.
- pleasantpeasant 4y agoGeopolitically, this is a naive position to take. Why would you let an adversary have an intrusive app that can collect infinite data on your citizens and look into your citizens intimate moments and candid conversations? There's a reason why China doesn't allow American social media in their market. They know how easily it is to spy on citizens.
- codedokode 4y agoUnder this reasoning, American apps and websites should be banned in other countries as well.
- dotnet00 4y agoEurope has threatened to do just that several times to get the social media giants to respect their privacy laws. Most other places are too small of a market to exert that kind of influence and would indeed just be dropped if they tried the same.