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> Who should you be worried about? For Americans the answer is obvious since they are biased in this. For everybody else, your question is valid.
by teiferer 3mo ago
> Who should you be worried about?
For Americans the answer is obvious since they are biased in this.
For everybody else, your question is valid.
- Gud 3mo agoThe American government has caused the death of a lot more Americans than China has.
- clarionbell 3mo agoCultural revolution?
- Gud 3mo agoHow many Americans were killed during the Cultural revolution?
- cebert 3mo ago[flagged]
- Gud 3mo agoIronically funded by US taxes, if you believe this hypothesis to be true.
- austinthetaco 3mo agoWhat does that have to do with anything? If I pay the salary of a driver and they decide to drink and run over a family it's in no way my fault.
- Gud 3mo agoIf you pay a researcher to do gain of function research on dangerous viruses, and that research end up causing a global pandemic, you are absolutely to blame.
- austinthetaco 3mo agothat is not correct in the slightest. It would only be your blame if you built and managed the lab. The lab is not US owned or managed, it's up to the lab who claims they can safely work on dangerous viruses to ensure that they keep it contained. They still own and manage and are responsible for the lab, the US just paid them for research. It's no different than the US contracting space onboard SpaceX rockets, the US isn't then suddenly responsible if the rocket misdirects and hits someone's house.
- Gud 3mo agoThe client is absolutely responsible. If they fund the lab, they are absolutely responsible for how the lab is conducting it's research. I can't believe I have to type this out.
- austinthetaco 3mo agoThis has gotta be a troll man. They aren't responsible for poor security measures. They are only responsible for what is outlined in the thing they pay for. I'm gonna mute this thread purely because I'm pretty certain you're trolling for the sake of it. If for some reason you aren't trolling, take a business ethics and responsibilities course, there's some free ones online, or you could talk to a lawyer you might know, either one should help you understand.
- Gud 3mo agoXD business ethics and lawyers, sure mate. Have a nice day.
- oneshtein 3mo agoAfter all of these years, no link between China and CoV2 virus was found[1][2]. Evidence points out that virus was originated few months earlier (September-October 2019) and outside of China. Wuhan was first city where CoV2 meet Swine Flu, which raised both infection rate and death rate (from 1.1% for CoV2 and 0.1% for Swine Flu to 5.4%). Evidence points to Russia, where major incident happen at Sep 16, 2019[3] "Vector" BSL4 lab in Koltsovo (Novosibirsk), where unprotected first responders entered BSL4 lab and stole lab equipment. Then virus transferred to Wuhan by Chinese military police after joint training with Russian military in Koltsovo few weeks later after the incident. [1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03982-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03982-2 [2]: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00353-8 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00353-8 [3]: https://thebulletin.org/2019/09/an-explosion-rocked-a-russian-research-facility-known-for-housing-the-smallpox-virus/ https://thebulletin.org/2019/09/an-explosion-rocked-a-russia...
- saidnooneever 3mo agoDont pretend americans dont need to be afraid of american government. look at the state of the place. A lot of them arent exactly thrilled with their current environment, job market, education, prisonsystem, gun laws, food industry, healthcare etc. etc. the question is valid for anyone who cares for more than their own ass
- neuroticnews25 3mo ago[flagged]
- nlehuen 3mo agoPlease reconsider this comment. Calling one side superior and the other side insects really doesn't help with the discussion, and dehumanizing a whole swath of people really has dark consequences.
- neuroticnews25 3mo agoYeah, sorry for being edgy. But remember the understanding of universal human dignity your comment is stemming from is not shared globally.
- mldqj 3mo agoAt least not shared by you, apparently.
- neuroticnews25 3mo agoThat's why I'm inferior!
- Doch88 3mo agoSpeak for yourself, in Italy we are also closer to US "culture", but I do see the US as a bigger threat than China, simply because it's closer and it directly affects our politics.
- nswango 3mo agoThis sounds like you are urging people not to disregard racism when comparing superpower regimes.
- Foobar8568 3mo agoConsidering who has been their president for 2 terms, and most likely a third one, I really wonder. All my life I heard American boasting their constitutions but now it's as worthy of my toilet papers.
- neal_jones 3mo agoTurns out the whole system is quite fragile when faced with people who have no interest in anyone besides themselves
- panicinducer 3mo agoI'm an American, but I do not think the American government being strong helps me or my fellow Americans. The less America can project its cultural and military power on the rest of the world, the better.
- fragmede 3mo agoThere are different kinds of strengths. There was a past American government that was strong enough to stamp out inequality and fight for civil rights. To overturn oppression and give everyone an equal opportunity to succeed. That's a strong American government I could get behind.
- panicinducer 3mo agoThat is quite a take, but I guess it's the perspective that the American education system indoctrinates.
- nylonstrung 3mo agoEconomic inequality is higher than it's ever been in the US. The reforms you're talking about largely happened in the single term of LBJ, I don't think it can be extrapolated to the "US government"
- dudefeliciano 3mo ago> There was a past American government that was strong enough to stamp out inequality and fight for civil rights. this is a hilariously naive rewriting of history, the government was very reluctant to make those changes. It's thanks to popular movements that those changes were made.
- fragmede 3mo agoI'm thinking specifically of the Little Rock Nine in 1957 where President Eisenhower took charge of the national guard so that nine Black students could attend high school. The government isn't one monolithic entity. It's a bunch of people doing different stuff, and some of them suck, and some of them are awesome.