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Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Post by sircastor »

the-dude wrote: post #22
mhh__ wrote: post #4

Given that this is a ycombinator site, has anyone thought about or started a startup (it's a really a product rather than a company, but still) that helps you optimize (say) Chinese products out of your life?

Ah, CancelCultureAsAService. Brilliant.

Is that not simply a boycott? Or voting with your wallet? “Cancel culture” has become a term to distort the problem when people start to be called out for bad behavior.

This is what you do when someone (person, company, country) does something you find objectionable. You tell them their behavior is unacceptable.

Re: Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Post by baybal2 »

karmicthreat wrote: post #14
swayvil wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're oppressing the minorities to create greater wealth and power for China's aristocracy (ultimately). I know I'm stating the utterly obvious but it needs to be said. This is a natural side-effect of aristocrats doing what aristocrats do. And yes, our world suffers from an infestation of aristocrats.

For a whole lot of Chinese, Han and others, China is a better place than it was 40 years ago. I think this gives the government there more power than it should really have over the attitudes of its people. Maybe as we get 2 or 3 more generations in the general attitude toward the government will shift away from justifying anything for the sake of Chinese unification.

Normal Chinese citizens, which means 90% of Chinese population who live in downtrodden rural areas, and 3rd tier cities hate their own government in a way Q-Putsch looks like a childs play.

Just 2 generations ago, Chinese were dying of starvation. People don't give a fuck for "national unification" if they are one meal away from death.

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