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Re:Why Do We Tolerate Saudi Money in Tech? by notsag-hn on Friday November 08, 2019 @05:47PM (#21487726)
What about the crimes against humanity commited by the US then? Should we ban US money as well? :D
Re:Why Do We Tolerate Saudi Money in Tech? by deogeo on Friday November 08, 2019 @05:56PM (#21487786)
While the parent poster presented the issue as one of morality, it's more honest to frame it as self-preservation. It's rarely wise to allow another country too much influence over you - even rarer when it's as openly hostile to the US as China.

Any wrongs you may have done don't enter into consideration when trying to prevent being wronged by others.

Re:Why Do We Tolerate Saudi Money in Tech? by tracker1 on Friday November 08, 2019 @07:08PM (#21488380)
I don't live in Saudi Arabia, or China, or Russia... I live in the USA. Not that I dismiss what the US has done, I'd say the scope and scale aren't quite the same a lot of the time.

In this case it's about preserving values from undue foreign influence. Preserving values from undue domestic influence is a bit easier inside the USA.

Re:Why Do We Tolerate Saudi Money in Tech? by imtringued on Friday November 08, 2019 @06:32PM (#21488067)
I'm thinking the same thing. China and Saudi Arabia might be awful but our own hands aren't clean either.