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As you say, "China" is here only a placeholder. This "logic" that you need to do obviously illegal stuff (under current legislation) because otherwise someone
by still_grokking 1y ago
As you say, "China" is here only a placeholder.
This "logic" that you need to do obviously illegal stuff (under current legislation) because otherwise someone else would do it and take the loot from that raid remains highly questionable no matter what country you put in that placeholder.
The same "logic" would for example dictate that you should dismiss patents as otherwise "someone in China" could do it before you. Somehow nobody would agree that this is a valid approach in that case…
- kulahan 1y agoHuh? No, im saying if China builds the ability to teleport soldiers around a field, and we’re stuck getting consent waivers from everyone because teleportation technically means you’re being killed, we’re gonna lose the war. If you’re the leader of a nation, that’s the reality you need to work within. I really don’t care, as someone responsible for 330 million souls, if everyone is pretty equally robbed to support the whole nation. That’s like… taxes, man.