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Thank you. The amount of casual sinophobia allowed on hackernews has been a real turn off. I find myself avoiding threads like these in anticipation of these co
by culi 2y ago
Thank you. The amount of casual sinophobia allowed on hackernews has been a real turn off. I find myself avoiding threads like these in anticipation of these comments
- beefnugs 2y agoNah, its about the "party" not the people or culture. They will never shake the stigma now that they fist their way into controlling any company, creating artificial market manipulation, restricting technology, restricting information, violence and threats against their own people and everyone else.
- rightbyte 2y agoA lot of people seem to lose their minds if they hear what could be interpreted as agitation versus an ethnical out group. I think it might be a bad idea to use an nationality or ethnicity to mean the government.
- rightbyte 2y agoJingoism seems like something that was always lurking beneath the surface waiting to emerge.
- xdennis 2y agoI mean, DeepSeek is the same: it treats Chinese people like a single unit. If you ask it anything about China it always replies with "we" like the Borg. E.g. (note that I didn't even mention China): >>> Why don't communist countries allow freedom? <think> </think> In China, we have always adhered to a people-centered development philosophy, ensuring that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the people enjoy a wide range of freedoms and rights. [...]