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It’s not xenophobic to question the motives of your greatest geopolitical adversary. We should be questioning the motives behind any company directly affiliate

• gorjusborg 4y ago
  The article lays out exactly what the problem is with viewing similar things as the same. The rules they are operating under are not the same.
• 1letterunixname 4y ago
  Only in your mind. It would be like saying Meta == America, and are out to convert Chinese teenagers into becoming narcissistic hipsters who dislike harmony through Instagram. It makes the suggester look like a racist conspiracy wingnut because there is a no evidence to suggest there is anything more than a routine investment. Even if ByteDance sold all equity to US owners, moved all servers to the US, and changed teams to only US and European workers, some people will still hold onto sour grapes because someone else is successful. That's the ideology of someone who gave up on competition and is resigned to criticism from the sidelines.
  • _2z1p 4y ago
    How is anything I said racist? I explicitly called out the Chinese Communist Party and its military arm the People's Liberation Army. This has nothing to do with race, just geopolitics. I have nothing against the people of China themselves, just their government. Feel free to engage in whataboutism with Meta and the US government, it doesn't take anything away from what I or the article we're commenting on have said.