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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by wggl on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:52AM (#17763843)
> It’s not some universal concept

> it’s quite rude

> we developed without china’s input

It is hard to argue that detaining 1 million people for their beliefs[0] and then torturing them[1] is justifiable by cultural relativism. Or massacring people for that matter[2]. At that point you could argue for any atrocity.

It’s not rude it’s basic humanity. It’s not just completely reasonable to ask a government in charge of more than a billion people to please exercise basic humane standards, it’s morally atrocious to suggest otherwise. The Chinese government deserves all they criticism they get for what they have done and continue to do, and it’s arguable that we in the west deserve criticism for enabling them.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45147972

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/former-inm...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of...

Re:YC China and Qi Lu by enwa on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:27AM (#17764491)
Most Americans just don't care. In a few years it will be as unpopular to talk about China's exploits as it is talking about Israel-Palestine. You can argue that Europeans don't care either, but at least the work culture and society is different enough from China to make the latter unappealing. Much less so for Americans.