A.Romero
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This (in terms of impact on gaming) looks like fake news:
Tencent Loses $35bn after Trump Executive Order but Fortnite Should Be Fine
The WeChat executive order's fine print was ultimately vague, rumbling financial markets and indicating that after 45 days any transactions via WeChat from anyone inside the U.S. would be outlawed.www.newsweek.com
So we banned their spy app and cost the plaguebearers tens of billions. Fantastic news.
They are currently genociding part of their population, including killing them for organ harvesting and farming them for hair. What is the US doing now comparable to that, aside from our tacit support of their barbarism through economic ties?
I don't agree with the current prison work system, so that whataboutism falls flat.
As in this moment I don't know but there are many things the US has done that would raise eyebrows. Sticking to actual declassified stuff what about supporting coups that go and actually commit genocide (Chile) or using illegal drug trafficking money to fund black ops (Nicaragua) or abandoning allies in the front? What do you think starting a war on the pretense of WMDs and finding none? You could argue that they are things that happened before but nobody has paid for any of that but you do have Manning in jail for leaking info (so the Justice system works for some, apparently).
At least in my opinion it's not much better just because it doesn't happen within your borders.
I'm not even saying it's Trump. It's systematic. It's not only your country, they are many if not all.
But whatever, let's start with privacy issues. Fine, ban tik tok but then take steps to stop spying like Snowden showed you (and probably everyone else) is being spied on. Be consistent and ban your own companies too.
Lead by example not just because you have the authority given by having the biggest sticks in the globe. Or fine, don't do it but at least recognize very few nations are in moral position that would allow you to criticize without seeming hypocritical.