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0 pointsaaomidi3y ago0 comments

+1 to all of this. US has no standing with the people of a lot of the world.

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asah3y ago· 2 in thread

While perhaps true, it's irrelevant to THIS conversation - THIS conversation is about a Chinese company operating IN THE US. There does not need to be parity.

aaomidiOP3y ago

How is looking at the larger picture irrelevant here?

mlyle3y ago

Wishing countries could be better actors towards foreign geopolitical interests and foreign citizens is a nice thought and a world we should work towards.

In the meantime, countries still need to act to protect their citizens and their national interests against foreign adversaries-- especially prohibiting adversarial/dangerous behavior within their own economic zones and borders.

(i.e., China also has a rational interest in restricting operations of US firms gathering information on Chinese citizens-- we don't need to choose "good" or "bad" guys).

colinmhayes3y ago

The American governments job isn’t to look out for foreign citizens. That’s the foreign citizens governments job. This is specifically about American national security, not any other countries.

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