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by diveanon 7y ago
Do uber and wework monitor the conversations of their customers to see if they criticize Islam? Have uber or wework fired employees for being gay or women?
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by diveanon 7y ago
There are key founding principles for any liberal democracy. China and what it stands for is the antithesis of those principles. Our unwillingness to act on what our ancestors viewed as infringements on basic human rights will be the end of
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by diveanon 7y ago
It is spoken of, but it is often dismissed as protectionism. I don't agree with Trump on pretty much anything except for his stance on Chinese trade. There is an imbalance that needs to be addressed that is being completely ignored by
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by diveanon 7y ago
There is no compromise with totalitarianism. They either allow people to be free, or people die fighting for their freedom. There is no other way.
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by diveanon 7y ago
Exactly, I work on at a popular tourist destination for a lot of Chinese and HK residents. I have had conversations about this over drinks with quite a few of them and the general consensus is that people will die, and all of them hope to b
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by diveanon 7y ago
Are you actually trying to claim that China is a free country with freedom of speech? There is a big difference between saying you are a free country and actually being one. In totalitarian regimes the government is not bound to the constit
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by diveanon 7y ago
I can't stand the guy either, but his ability to mobilize his base can't be understated. If it can someone be framed as a choice between the freedoms that Americans have died for and bending over to a totalitarian state I think it
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by diveanon 7y ago
I've been held in a Chinese detention center for 6 days before, when was the last time you were locked away without access to due process just for expressing an opinion? I lived in China for several years, and I will never go back. I m
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by diveanon 7y ago
I feel like social media is the best legal venue for it. Start sending messages to every game dev, project manager, and director at these companies asking them why they support the totalitarian oppression of HK. Ask them what they are curre
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by diveanon 7y ago
Only because they are not facing any consequences back home. It needs to be clear to them that this is a binary choice, you either support totalitarianism or you are against it.
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by diveanon 7y ago
Make them choose between the two markets. I'm tired of the idea that the Western and Chinese markets can both be appeased the middle of the road morality. What is happening in HK right now is wrong, and the west has fought wars over th
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by diveanon 7y ago
That's completely true, except for the fact that none of it is true. Go to China and openly criticize the government, hand out fliers about Tienanmen square with Winnie the Pooh on it and see what happens. God forbid you actually are a
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by diveanon 7y ago
That's the best part, there is no correct choice. Corporations love sitting the moral grey area on issues like this, but putting them in a position of having to choose between looking like Chinese stooges or getting banned from China w
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by diveanon 7y ago
So then the real question is how do we use Trumps ego and addiction to social media to get him to start caring about HK. His "trade war" already puts him in an adversarial stance towards from the perspective of his base.
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by diveanon 7y ago
I truly doubt they would cave to any pressure at all. Those two thrive on this kind of controversy, I can basically picture them sitting back and rubbing their nipples while watching this unfold. We need more people like Trey Parker and Mat
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by diveanon 7y ago
What is happening there is literally what has led to revolutions in several western countries over the last couple centuries. The Chinese are correct to be afraid, they have spent the last half century cleansing the concept of freedom from
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by diveanon 7y ago
Can we please start a cultural movement that forces large corporations to choose between appeasing Chinese censors and looking like fools to the rest of the west or getting banned in China. Really seems like a win win scenario.
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by diveanon 7y ago
Absolutely nothing, because in the US we have freedom of speech codified into our constitution. Unlike China.
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by diveanon 7y ago
No, it does not. Are you really trying to equate the two?
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by diveanon 7y ago
A meth head burned down the oldest tree (3500 YO) in Florida a few years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Senator_(tree)
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by diveanon 7y ago
They should just hide the entire domain. Facebook acknowledges their product is toxic, and is taking steps to make it less so. If you work for Facebook, how does it feel building a product that is actively hurting people and the societies t
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by diveanon 7y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't a couple people on this site who could afford to buy it outright. Someone just make a gofundme and turn it into public land.
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by diveanon 7y ago
So they finally banned Trump's account?
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by diveanon 7y ago
They are advertising their services.
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by diveanon 7y ago
They survived meteor impacts that lit the atmosphere on fire and blocked out the sun for years, life finds a way. What we are doing to the environment is catastrophic, but it is not the hardest thing it has had to endure. Just as an example
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by diveanon 7y ago
I would highly recommend taking a scuba diving course with your kids. They can start as early as 8 years old, however in order to be classified as open water autonomous divers you need to wait until they are 10. I don't know where you
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by diveanon 7y ago
I believe it could be industrialized quite easily. We are currently experimenting with using crushed glass bottles as a substrate and then transplanting the corals once they have established. This allows us to kill two birds with one stone
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by diveanon 7y ago
I've often joked that getting married is like saying "I love you so much, let's get the government involved". I feel like so much of the draw for many people to get married is the pageantry and narcissism involved. As a
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by diveanon 7y ago
I have the good fortune to work on an island surrounded by "super corals". The spawning this year seemed to be synchronized and right on schedule. Life is adaptable, and while that does not excuse our behavior it does give me hope
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by diveanon 7y ago
Just leave the western world and you can have this. Source: been traveling for six years for less than 12k a year.

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