• RedWizard [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    God you don’t even understand what the intention is with the firewall do you? Its to prevent companies like Google using it’s global network and capital to monopolize services in China. Why do you think it is that China has such a robust local tech sector? Because they do not allow shit like Google so they can promote their own solutions. Its why alibaba does cloud computing, why WeChat is the everything app, and why Huawei is their leading phone brand.

    And guess what? The US engages in the same fucking shit. The only reason you don’t recognize that is because the US dominates the world tech market. Huawei phones were band for federal use, and you have to import them if you want one. Tiktok is under threat for the same reason, it’s eating home grown social media apps for lunch.

    There is a fucking reason why China has had consistent year after year GDP growth. Its the same reason the USSR had a consistent GDP growth after the October revolution, and why they went from a feudal system to the fucking solar system in 40 years. They have a better command over their economy. US capital does whatever it wants and its like pulling teeth to get it to do anything for the national good. Meanwhile, China is ripe with innovations and they leverage their command over their economy to set hard priorities and goals nationally.

    Censorship is a western reductionist viewpoint, a thought terminating notion, a fucking brain worm.