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> because the Chinese government has direct control over the content shown to users. So what? Why are Elon Musk and Sundar Piachi allowed direct control of wha
by freeone3000 2y ago
> because the Chinese government has direct control over the content shown to users.
So what? Why are Elon Musk and Sundar Piachi allowed direct control of what they show me but Shou Zi Chew isn’t? Is it due to governmental involvement? Imagine if the BBC broadcast direct to Americans!
Or are we, somehow, collectively, of the opinion China is an enemy of some variety? If so, what variety? And what weird peacetime rivalry are we having?
- throwawa14223 2y agoThey are explicitly communists. Yes they are an enemy in a way none of the other listed entities are.
- nradov 2y agoLet's not be naive. Despite our ongoing trade ties, the Chinese Communist Party is the enemy of Western civilization in every way short of actual shooting. We shouldn't be enabling them. I don't think it's good that cabal of media and tech executives has so much concentrated control over public discourse. But there is a huge qualitative difference between them and a hostile foreign power.