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Because market access is not the reason they're banning it. It wouldn't be very believable to now act like it's about a different issue than national security.
by somedude895 4y ago
Because market access is not the reason they're banning it. It wouldn't be very believable to now act like it's about a different issue than national security. You'd basically be saying "if you give us market access, then we'll let you spy on our citizens."
In a democracy you get the types of discussions that we've been seeing about TikTok, so that door's shut now. This sort of "trickery" only really works for authoritarian countries, where the discourse is exclusively behind doors.
- bigmattystyles 4y agoWashington operates on fig leaves and I feel like the market access argument is an overcoat.
- hellojesus 4y agoIt doesn't seem like they're shooting on our citizens to me. Rather it seems US citizens are voluntarily giving the CCP their data. It's no secret that apps collect data. It's how they exist! Each American with it installed has made the decision to give the app creators their data, which means that anyone that wants the data can get it from the app creators. Why are we blaming China for the deciduous of individuals?