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>I see this as a national security threat that it is. The US government is a far greater danger to the average American than the Chinese government is, and thi
by logicchains 3y ago
>I see this as a national security threat that it is.
The US government is a far greater danger to the average American than the Chinese government is, and this bill just gives even more power to the US government to dominate its citizens.
- computerfriend 3y agoThis statement is not obviously true.
- retrochameleon 3y agoIt is also a logical fallacy. Even if it is true that the US is a greater threat in some sense, that doesn't invalidate that China is also a threat. It also doesn't justify not taking this action.
- BeFlatXIII 3y ago[ citation needed ]
- nyokodo 3y ago> The US government is a far greater danger to the average American than the Chinese government is The US government could, if it wanted to, slaughter the entire civilian population of the US right now and no one could stop them. I don’t believe for a second that China would be so restrained if it suddenly had that power over the USA. So, while it’s true that having the power that it does makes the US government a potential threat, it is nowhere near as much of an actual threat as China.
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoJust to spell it out, you are suggesting that if "China" could, would conduct a mass scale genocide against Americans ? And you base that where exactly ?
- raxxorraxor 3y agoVery doubtful. Military would defect en masse and you would get a civil war where government gets the boot in the end rather sooner than later.
- whatshisface 3y agoIt's not defection to refuse to carry out unlawful orders, soldiers can be punished for carrying out orders that they knew were unlawful, or orders which are so obviously unlawful that the soldier should have known. The united states does not have an SS.
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- FactKnower69 3y ago>The US government could, if it wanted to, slaughter the entire civilian population of the US right now and no one could stop them. I don’t believe for a second that China would be so restrained if it suddenly had that power over the USA. What the fuck are you talking about???
- RoyalHenOil 3y agoYou are also more likely to be murdered by a loved oned than by a stranger, but this doesn't mean that it's rational to open your door to strangers and bar it to your loved ones.