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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by chub500 on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:56PM (#24086379)
> Nation-states interests are disjoint from those of its people.

This is literally the opposite of what is true in a democracy. Of the people, by the people and for the people. You can be cynical as hell, sure, but that will require significantly more justification and evidence to make such an incredibly broad assertion.

To give a clear example: why does the US get data from Apple, Google? To catch criminals. Why does CCP do the same?

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by beaunative on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:53PM (#24086835)
Just the last sentence: Why does the CCP get data from Apple or Microsoft? To catch criminals.

I honestly don't see how this rhetoric is coherent or persuasive

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