The US is slowly becoming more like China. From talks of nationalizing companies to make US state owned entities to banning foreign competition. It's just so strange how you become the thing you fear.

▲ ranyume 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The CCP would never dream of giving the state's control to tech CEOs.

	▲	inigyou an hour ago \| parent [-]
		You just need to think outside the box: the CCP is big tech, not Congress. The CCP (big tech in the analogy) would never dream of giving control to congress.

▲ throwburn202605 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In some ways its hard to differentiate between big tech and the national security complex, where execs are being sworn into the military

https://www.army.mil/article/286317/army_launches_detachment...

▲ andrekandre 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

  > It's just so strange how you become the thing you fear.

how does the saying go? "when you obsess over your enemy, you become your enemy"?

	▲	cnity 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a slow motion motorcycle crash[0]. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation

▲ deaux 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The US is slowly becoming more like China.

Hah, if only. Then at least it would see some of the benefits too. Instead, it's making sure to only copy all of the downsides, with zero of the upsides.

▲ tyrust 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> talks of nationalizing companies

What is this referring to?

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cisrockandroll 2 hours ago | parent [-]

https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-ai-public-ownershi...

	▲	tyrust 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Nice, doubt anything will come of this though.