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Burntzombies t1_ixrpi8o wrote

Reply to comment by ThunderKant_1 in UK bans Chinese cameras from government buildings by Alvin_Chen

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ThunderKant_1 t1_ixrynpf wrote

lol couldn’t be further from the truth but it must be nice living in a black and white world where everything fits neatly in boxes. I’m not saying critique of China isn’t valid, but think about why politicians are starting with this right now, what the political and real world implications actually are, and if the measures are consistent. Here’s a hint: majority of the phones in the UK are made in China, and if you weren’t aware, phones have chips and cameras. Don’t see many people demanding the ban of all iPhones though. This measure is only there to sound nice and fuel the current opinions of the general population without any real-world applications.

I would urge you guys to read a history book. Over blowing external threads to distract from internal problems is a propaganda tactic as old as civilization itself.

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DrDroid t1_ixs3oxx wrote

But then the question becomes: what would criticism of things like this that wasn’t “distraction” look like? It sounds like under your definition we could never focus on things like this until internal problems are 100% solved.

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ThunderKant_1 t1_ixs5rxe wrote

You make a fair point. I guess you can’t really infer this in every situation as an outside observer. Of course not all kinds of critique is just distraction. I feel like in the case of the UK right now it is obvious enough to make such a statement, if you look at for example which topics were important during the election, but in other cases where it isn’t as clear I suppose there is no way to definitely know what’s sincere and what’s not as an outside observer.

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archip t1_ixrzo1i wrote

With some of the comments and replies I’d be surprised if most reddit users could read past a primary school level.

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