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A comment on China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women worldwide. Parent comment

Re:China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women w... by matheusmoreira on Thursday July 08, 2021 @03:51PM (#27776826)
> The notion that it’s no different from China is absurdist propaganda.

I was responding to the notion that it is completely different from China. It is not. The western nations are more totalitarian than they would like to admit.

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Re:China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women w... by zepto on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:03PM (#27776938)
It is completely different.

Western governments are not controlled by a single party with an lifetime ruler and no democratic mechanisms at all for expressing dissent, let alone moderating power.

It’s not a matter of degree. Doing bad stuff is not the same as totalitarianism.

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