• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    That’s a whataboutism.

    Just because the problem exists elsewhere doesn’t make it illegitimate to criticize China for it. Especially since it’s the absolute WORST there, with only the UK and the US anywhere close.

    All other countries being bad about it to varying degrees doesn’t make China NOT bad and wouldn’t even if they were WORSE at respecting privacy than China. Which no country is.

    • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social
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      5 months ago

      My point is not that we shouldn’t be criticizing China. We should absolutely be doing that.

      My point is that I feel people focus too much on China and not enough on the US.

      I don’t align with tankies. I just have some sympathy toward China because I read a book about it lol

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        5 months ago

        I don’t know where you get your news, but I rarely hear about the privacy issues in China. The biggest privacy related issue on my mind right now is how American car manufacturers have been selling customer data sourced from the cars they sold. The point you’re trying to make is because you’re biased somehow, be it from your subscribed communities or whatever.

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          5 months ago

          I avoid tankie communities because they’re basically useless. I’d say my bias comes from the people I associate with and the books I read.

          But I am biased. We all are.