Originally posted by BrolyBlack
The next president should cancel our debt with china.
I am not sure that the debt the US has to China is harmful to the US, if anything debt is often used to control the creditor. Additionally cancelling debt would have some ripple effects, it would lower the credit rating of the US, and it would make other countries weary of dealing with the US, not just China, it would be terrible to the world economy as well. I'm not sure it's a good policy, even if you think China is cheating the US.
Well, I doubt any of the games I buy are made there. As for my PS3, I guess that was made in Japan. Pretty sure the cat food and other cat supplies I buy are not made there either. I think I may've one time bought a cat litter scoop that was made there though but that was only a few bucks.
As I said in a previous reply to jaden, I usually avoid buying stuff made from China. It's usually just when I'm in a rush and don't have time to look around for non-China-made stuff that I give in and buy something from there.
I do think people should buy more local, the outsourcing of jobs to China that the US has done since the 80s has been incredibly damaging to normal people. Conversely it has been incredibly profitable to US companies, and the US government. China's rise has been manufactured mainly by the United States at the behest of it's biggest corporations and the losers were American workers.
I just don't see how this thing overtook the entire world.
Back when this thing was small, why weren't they quarantining anyone in contact THEN. And retrace their steps, to everyone they had contact with?
That's how the system is supposed to work. But I bet there were privileged people who got a pass, because they were either in an important job, or knew someone.
In other words, the world is ****ed because of cronyism.
Originally posted by cdtm
I just don't see how this thing overtook the entire world.Back when this thing was small, why weren't they quarantining anyone in contact THEN. And retrace their steps, to everyone they had contact with?
That's how the system is supposed to work. But I bet there were privileged people who got a pass, because they were either in an important job, or knew someone.
In other words, the world is ****ed because of cronyism.
That's probably part of it, and at least at the very beginning there was also a lot of incompetence and hiding in the different levels of Chinese government which didn't help either. But we also gotta be fair that the virus is sadly kinda difficult to notice when you first become contagious, and so just in a really connected world like ours it is difficult to really keep it under control. Especially for places like the US and Europe that thrive on being internationally connected.
This is about class, suave, cooperation, incentive, competition. But in order to divulge new information and lessen the load we need to establish so me ground rules.
First of all, stop it with the racism. Second, I need one stable other gendered individual to meet my story and improve it a little bit.
Originally posted by cdtm
I just don't see how this thing overtook the entire world.Back when this thing was small, why weren't they quarantining anyone in contact THEN. And retrace their steps, to everyone they had contact with?
That's how the system is supposed to work. But I bet there were privileged people who got a pass, because they were either in an important job, or knew someone.
In other words, the world is ****ed because of cronyism.
Speaking of cronyism.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=883809632436161&id=374151396735323
Re: China to overtake US economy by 2028
Originally posted by cdtm
Quite the convenient outcome. Couldn't go better if they intentionally infected the world.
The only convenience for them was how terribly the US handled Corona. Whilst when they were containing it early on, a lot of you guys were claiming they were lying about their numbers.
Anyway quit worrying about which economy is going to be bigger in 8years, and Instead hold your politicians accountable for refusing to use your own tax dollars to help you guys out in a mass pandemic and instead giving hand outs to big corporations.
Originally posted by Darth Thor
The only convenience for them was how terribly the US handled Corona. Whilst when they were containing it early on, a lot of you guys were claiming they were lying about their numbers.Anyway quit worrying about which economy is going to be bigger in 8years, and Instead hold your politicians accountable for refusing to use your own tax dollars to help you guys out in a mass pandemic and instead giving hand outs to big corporations.
Taiwan did a better job containing it then China. And they didn't use authoritarian tactics to do it.
That last point is kind of crucial. Praising China for their Corona response, (or really anything at all)assumes some form of healthy symbioticism, instead of the sick master/slave relationship they enjoy.
Originally posted by cdtm
Taiwan did a better job containing it then China. And they didn't use authoritarian tactics to do it.That last point is kind of crucial. Praising China for their Corona response, (or really anything at all)assumes some form of healthy symbioticism, instead of the sick master/slave relationship they enjoy.
Most Asian countries handled it far better than we in the West have.
I mean thats great you see it that way about it being an insult to praise them for anything. No need to be jealous or envious of their economy either then 👆
Btw last point was how you should hold your politicians to account for not funding you properly through repeated lockdowns. Comparing that to your Canadian neighbours or any major European country, you should be outright embarrassed at your countrys complete lack of social responsibility during this outbreak.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnaeits pretty hard to play video games and not put money in Chinas pockets.
Well, I doubt any of the games I buy are made there. As for my PS3, I guess that was made in Japan. Pretty sure the cat food and other cat supplies I buy are not made there either. I think I may've one time bought a cat litter scoop that was made there though but that was only a few bucks.As I said in a previous reply to jaden, I usually avoid buying stuff made from China. It's usually just when I'm in a rush and don't have time to look around for non-China-made stuff that I give in and buy something from there.
Just look at the Unreal Engine thats used in developing hundreds and hundreds of games by dozens of different developers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unreal_Engine_games
The Unreal Engine is developed by Epic Games.
40% of Epic games is owned the Tencent corporation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games
What is Tencent?
Basically a multi billion dollar tech giant that is nothing more than a puppet for the chinese government.
"It has long been understood that Tencent — the Chinese firm that owns WeChat and QQ, two of the world’s most widely used social media applications — facilitates Chinese government censorship and surveillance. But over the past year, the scale and significance of this activity have increased and become more visible, both inside and outside China."
"As Tencent’s pattern of censorship and data-sharing with China’s repressive government continues and intensifies, now is the time to consider actions that might help protect the basic rights of all users, regardless of their location and nationality."
Originally posted by Trocitysry to call ur post out but u have a rocket league sig and this is a perfect example for my last post.
I love the hypocrisy of all these social justice campaigning companies and organizations shitting on America while getting into bed with a horribly racist and bigoted country like China.Delicious.
Rocket League was made with... Yep u guessed it, the Unreal Engine.
"Psyonix's team were aware of past difficulties that they had with Battle-Cars and other racing games with online play and client-side prediction, and the issues that would arise from that with Rocket League's fast-paced play style. To solve this, the physics in the game are based on using the Bullet physics engine within the Unreal Engine 3's PhysX engine"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_League
So we have Rocket League made by Psyonix using the Unreal Engine made by Epic which is part owned by Tencent which is a puppet of the Chinese govt that they use to spy on and repress people which is partially funded by many of us.
Wtf
Once again sry to call out ur post Trocity. My point wasnt to call out anything u said or did but to highlight just how deep the fingers go and how hard it is to stay untainted by them.
Originally posted by Raptor22
its pretty hard to play video games and not put money in Chinas pockets.Just look at the Unreal Engine thats used in developing hundreds and hundreds of games by dozens of different developers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unreal_Engine_games
The Unreal Engine is developed by Epic Games.
40% of Epic games is owned the Tencent corporation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games
What is Tencent?
Basically a multi billion dollar tech giant that is nothing more than a puppet for the chinese government.
"It has long been understood that Tencent — the Chinese firm that owns WeChat and QQ, two of the world’s most widely used social media applications — facilitates Chinese government censorship and surveillance. But over the past year, the scale and significance of this activity have increased and become more visible, both inside and outside China."
"As Tencent’s pattern of censorship and data-sharing with China’s repressive government continues and intensifies, now is the time to consider actions that might help protect the basic rights of all users, regardless of their location and nationality."
So wait, am I putting any money in China's pockets by simply taking all those Epic free games, without ever buying anything?
Originally posted by Raptor22
sry to call ur post out but u have a rocket league sig and this is a perfect example for my last post.Rocket League was made with... Yep u guessed it, the Unreal Engine.
"Psyonix's team were aware of past difficulties that they had with Battle-Cars and other racing games with online play and client-side prediction, and the issues that would arise from that with Rocket League's fast-paced play style. To solve this, the physics in the game are based on using the Bullet physics engine within the Unreal Engine 3's PhysX engine"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_League
So we have Rocket League made by Psyonix using the Unreal Engine made by Epic which is part owned by Tencent which is a puppet of the Chinese govt that they use to spy on and repress people which is partially funded by many of us.
Wtf
Once again sry to call out ur post Trocity. My point wasnt to call out anything u said or did but to highlight just how deep the fingers go and how hard it is to stay untainted by them.
That's fine, I don't mind.
I'm more speaking about the complete hypocrisy of being "pro social justice" while also bowing down to China i.e. a company like Disney partnering with Kaepernick and creating a "celebrate black artists" category on Disney+ while cutting down on John Boyega's representation or removing him entirely when marketing Star Wars in China. There's plenty of examples (The NBA claiming to be champions of social justice while refusing to comment on the horrifying acts of the Chinese government, like the muslim concentration camps), but you get what I'm saying. Nike is another shitty hypocritical company trying to jump on the social justice train, too.
If calling out or condemning the acts of the Chinese government hurts your pockets so you don't want to do it(LeBron James, the guy who likes to share MLK's "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" quote), fine, but don't then claim to be a champion of social justice or justice in general; you're not really. You only are when it's convenient for you.
Know what I mean?