Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite US tariff threats

Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by nerdponx on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:26AM (#21712465)

Probably worth keeping in mind that Russian, Chinese, and American people are not their governments. I can't speak for Russia and China, but at least in the USA plenty of people detest their government for all the reasons you've mentioned. Even the "good" years with Obama, people are looking back on that era more cynically than they did at the time.

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Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by ixtis7 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:14AM (#21712922)

I think this is largely a Western idea. IMO there is no dichotomy of 'evil Chinese government' and 'liberal silent majority of Chinese people'.

Yes there are restrictions on what people there can say about the party, but it's not North Korea--people say what they really think in private conversations, and from what I've seen they are mostly happy with their government.

Will that change if government performance changes? Possibly, but I don't think there's any noble suffering aspect to it.

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Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by aglavine on Thursday December 05, 2019 @11:23AM (#21713576)

Muslim massive concentration camps are Chinese, neither American or North Korea.

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