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Re: China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus

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Post by ch4s3 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

culi wrote: post #351

ch4s3 wrote: post #345

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What a weird argument to make.

Common knowledge shouldn't need a source. Asking for one is a technique used to dissuade further discussion. If someone has evidence contrary to the common knowledge then they should be the one to produce that evidence

You're arguing that you shouldn't need a source to say that the Economist has an anti-China bias. But that's not common knowledge, and the link you provided elsewhere didn't point to an Economist article demonstrating that you either didn't read it or are acting in bad faith.

Also bringing up the Holocaust in this context is just fucking weird.

Re: China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus

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Post by ch4s3 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

culi wrote: post #355

bit-anarchist wrote: post #354

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If by "common knowledge" you mean "previously agreed between the sides", sure. But that is not the case, evident by the reply thread. If by "common knowledge" you mean "common sense", I refer you to search about the appeal to common sense fallacy. Here's a link: https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-... Nothing can dissuade discussions more than fallacies.

Buddy, they literally had a magazine cover with "GREAT FALL OF CHINA" as the heading. Anyone who actually reads The Economist is well aware of the constant articles about China's imminent collapse. What's happening in this thread is a bunch of people who clearly don't read it very often are asking for proof of something that is obvious to anyone who does actually read but is hard to prove without a formal study. I ca…

That was a cover article with the sub heading "Fear about China’s economy can be overdone. But investors are right to be nervous" and it was about China's biggest one-day stockmarket fall since 2007 that caused broader market contagion in SE Asia. You're being disingenuous or not reading the things you're posting.

>If you genuinely cared you would just google it yourself. But you don't. You are a time suck.

If you cared you'd read the article you're mentioning, but you didn't. You're a time suck.

> you give anarchism a bad name.

No, shilling for the CCP does that.

Re: China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus

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Post by ch4s3 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

bit-anarchist wrote: post #358

culi wrote: post #355

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Buddy, they literally had a magazine cover with "GREAT FALL OF CHINA" as the heading. Anyone who actually reads The Economist is well aware of the constant articles about China's imminent collapse. What's happening in this thread is a bunch of people who clearly don't read it very often are asking for proof of something that is obvious to anyone who does actually read but is hard to prove without a formal study. I ca…

I have tackled the cover in another comment, so I'll skip it here. You speak for others as if you are a representative for them. Somehow, it doesn't go through your mind that other people might have different readings and perspectives from articles or papers, and you default to accusing them of just not reading. A view that's possibly amplified by certain social bubbles. Evidence of that lies in your, basically gratu…

This person you're responding to is tedious and dishonest, it kills me.

Re: China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus

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Post by ch4s3 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

culi wrote: post #352

ch4s3 wrote: post #344

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Those aren't from The Economist, the articles mentioned there are from Vox, the Guardian, and Al Jazeera.

Are y'all seriously still on this? Here you go. The top results from a google search https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/08/29/the-great-fall-... ^ they literally had a magazine cover with "GREAT FALL OF CHINA" https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2025/11/12/the-chi... https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/03/t... https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/12/w... FFS none of yo…

I read it regularly and listen to their podcasts. You clearly didn't read any of these. As pointed out elsewhere the "Great Fall of China" is about a giant stock market crash. The title is the Economist's puny house style.

As bit-anarchist points out[1], you obviously did a simple google and you're bullshitting about articles you didn't read. This sort of bad faith argument doesn't belong on HN.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957815

Re: China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus

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Post by ch4s3 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC

bit-anarchist wrote: post #323

RobertoG wrote: post #270

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The Taiwanese? This is actually a perfect example of what I was saying. Talking about 'Taiwan' and 'border disputes with the PRC' meanwhile the USA is doing a maritime blockade of Cuba and Iran. And that it's without talking about bombing countries or military deployed thousand of miles away from their borders, of God forbid, unconditional support to Israel, who just displaced one and a half million people. But, let'…

Whataboutism. You said that only USA couldn't care for other countries' interests, so I showed China doing the same. To parody you: "But, let's forget about all those small details, don't you see how the Americans are very bad?"

I like you already.