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| ▲ | lmz 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Not that I'm anti-China, but their companies would have no qualms selling surveillance tech to your local gov too if they could. I'm sure Palantir, Flock, and other US companies would sell to China too if they could. |
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| ▲ | flyinglizard 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| China has "overseas police stations". Maybe they won't send goons to your door but they definitely do send goons to Chinese expats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_servic... |
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| ▲ | yonaguska 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This is true, but there is another foreign country that can send people to your door. What's to stop China from eventually buying that type of influence over our govt officials? |
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| ▲ | Revanche1367 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | If our govt officials are willing to betray their citizens for money to China, what’s the point of preferring to give them power over us instead of giving it to China? | |
| ▲ | platevoltage 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Given the nations that have actually bought influence over our government officials, China would be an upgrade. I doubt the president needs another decked out 747 though. |
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