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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I agree with the US DoD. The large Chinese corporations are owned by CCP members and former PLA officers. Contain them until the PRC implodes.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every fucking Chinese company is required to be an arm of their government and provide them with any information they request. It's not even a question, they are an arm of the Chinese government. They can get fucked

[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Same goes for US companies.

Have we learned nothing from Snowden?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (19 children)

Yeah it is similar, but not the same (at least not yet).

China is a one-party state, and the government has control over private enterprise. If you are a Chinese company, the PRC ultimately has control of it, and that means the Chinese military has access to anything you have access to, if they want it.

This is on a different level than anything Snowden released.

Edit: For people who think I mean "party" like US political parties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-party_state#Current_one-party_states

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (10 children)

This is on a different level than anything Snowden released.

Snowden released the fact that the major internet companies in the US literally have full time CIA staff and locked rooms with servers

Why is this on a different level? Is it because they're ASIANS?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

China is a one-party state

I wish you could realise how hilarious it is to read someone comparing the US and China on their number of political parties...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh? So you are saying that there are no functional difference between a federation of 50 states, each with individual (somewhat independent) local and state governments, and the authoritarian CCP?

When I say "China is a one-party state," I'm not referring to political parties as we would understand them in the US (Democrat/Republican). I am referring to the actual structure of the government.

You might want to maybe educate yourself on what a "one-party state" means in this context before trying to make snarky comments.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's so hilarious about it?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both countries are acting in their own interests. Simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Imagine if that meant in the people's best interest.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, if only in either of those two countries people were seeing measurable improvements in their lives, approved of their government, and had hope for the future...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Sure, go ahead and try to sue the single most powerful entity on the planet.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

Lol they cry like tankies when defederation talks begin.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

The DoD will pay its fines 500#s at a time.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

Oh my, the US military might have to change the name of the list to, "Foreign companies we're blacklisting for classified reasons". How terrible.

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