• TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    It really is amazing how many of the leftist "conspiracy theories" are just things that the US government outright admits to doing. It's just "Oh my god, he admit it" all day long.

    • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      It's been long enough that if they admitted to killing JFK then no one would care or change anything about their worldview.

      No one even gave a shit about Snowden leaks, even though it proves we live in as much of a surveillance state that people claim China is.

      I'd rather the Chinese know about my hemorrhoids than the NSA because what the hell is China gonna do about it.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        I'd rather the Chinese know about my hemorrhoids than the NSA because what the hell is China gonna do about it.

        This is my big thing. Even if every single thing the west claims about China were true, I’d still rather China have access to my data than the US, if for no other reason than “China can’t send cops to my door, the US can”

        • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          It's weird how many people I've made this exact point to but still go "nah, it's different, those dastardly CCP have some scheme"

          People IRL, people on reddit-logo, tech YouTubers telling people to avoid chinese stuff even if you can flash open firmware on it, etc etc.