>"When China did this, this was seen as a terrible violation of rights.... Now that we do this hundreds of times a day, it has become routine."

Normally questions like this would be labeled as whataboutism, false equivalence etc. One rule for thee, another one for me.

Personally I think we (The West) are heading to disaster. I really missed older times before 9/11

America is not the West. There are a lot of things wrong in my country but we don't worship Jesus nor billionaires.

How is pointing out this inconsistency whataboutism? It might be reasonable to ask if it's a strawman since it seems reasonable to wonder if perhaps the people against what the Chinese are doing might also be against what ICE is doing.

Regardless, it's quite relevant to point out that at this point two of the world's superpowers are actively engaging in this. Claiming that the technology won't be used this way - that people are just fearmongering - clearly doesn't hold water. (Not that it ever did, but now we've got concrete evidence.)

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