CoolerOpposide [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-214 hours agoBiden handing the future of global development and alignment to China on a silver platter. US thinks it should get to limit each nation’s cumulative computing powerhexbear.netimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageBiden handing the future of global development and alignment to China on a silver platter. US thinks it should get to limit each nation’s cumulative computing powerhexbear.netCoolerOpposide [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-214 hours agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·12 hours agoYeah I want to know how they’re justifying it. The likes of Biden don’t usually say the quiet parts out loud.
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·12 hours agoIt’s something between Asian Peril and McCarthyism where communist china is trying to take over the world to make you share toothbrushes honestly. I don’t think the US needs much of a propaganda reasoning to act against China at this point
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-212 hours agoThis isn’t just against China, though, it’s a bunch of other countries in Asia as well. It’s like they’re just openly admitting “if you do business with China you’re with the enemy” now.
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·12 hours ago It’s like they’re just openly admitting “if you do business with China you’re with the enemy” now. I don’t think they’ve been very subtle about that one even before this
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 hours agoPunishing countries for just being Asian and trading with China is an escalation - a new phase of an ongoing trend.
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 hours agoThey’re forcing the fence sitters to pick a side. I do t know if it’s a good move for them, but they certainly think so
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·12 hours agoI mean it was so effective last time War on Terror USA: You’re either with us or against us France: Can we at least see a tiny bit of evidence to appease our citizens before we start bombin- USA: Well now French fries are going to be called “Freedom Fries”, how about that? France: look we’re largely on board just give us a crumb to justif- USA: loud screeching
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoYeah that seems to be it - “if you’re not with us you’re with the enemy”
Yeah I want to know how they’re justifying it. The likes of Biden don’t usually say the quiet parts out loud.
It’s something between Asian Peril and McCarthyism where communist china is trying to take over the world to make you share toothbrushes honestly. I don’t think the US needs much of a propaganda reasoning to act against China at this point
This isn’t just against China, though, it’s a bunch of other countries in Asia as well.
It’s like they’re just openly admitting “if you do business with China you’re with the enemy” now.
I don’t think they’ve been very subtle about that one even before this
Punishing countries for just being Asian and trading with China is an escalation - a new phase of an ongoing trend.
They’re forcing the fence sitters to pick a side. I do t know if it’s a good move for them, but they certainly think so
I mean it was so effective last time
War on Terror USA: You’re either with us or against us
France: Can we at least see a tiny bit of evidence to appease our citizens before we start bombin-
USA: Well now French fries are going to be called “Freedom Fries”, how about that?
France: look we’re largely on board just give us a crumb to justif-
USA: loud screeching
Yeah that seems to be it - “if you’re not with us you’re with the enemy”