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zizek23 ◴[] No.15994372[source]
In a previous naive world intoxicated by dreams of global citizenry and humanism it would be easy to get sanctimonious and posture about evil.

But cultural divides are real and are not going away. And these kind of events and stories simply become opportunities to target other countries weaknesses, reassert a jingoistic sense of superiority and perpetuate existing comfort zones.

Or there would be protests daily in western capitals about the sheer unimaginable scale of destruction, devastation and millions of families destroyed and lives lost in the middle east starting from Iraq to Libya and now Syria done purely to further geo-political and financial interests.

But that is handwaved away as 'necessary' somehow. The fact is people don't even care about the poor and suffering in their own cities and countries, so how can they care about an unknown people in another part of the world? It's posturing, China's problems will be only be fixed by those chinese who truly care for their people and country.

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1. mutteraloo ◴[] No.15994419[source]
There's a very easy way anyone can start fighting against a brutal regime like this:

Stop buying stuff from China. Just stop. Support local made.

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2. mark_edward ◴[] No.15994508[source]
Better not do anything with computers then. China is completely integrated in global supply chains, what you want is probably impossible at this point without giving up whole swathes of industry
3. intro-b ◴[] No.15994842[source]
"Stop buying things from [x]" probably hasn't been an effective mantra for several decades. The U.S., E.U., China, Japan, and other nations are all intractably linked in the global supply chain economy.
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4. b6 ◴[] No.15994867[source]
Have you lived in China? Your suggestion, if taken seriously by a lot of people, would just further harm ordinary Chinese people who are already being harmed by a parasitic government over which they have no control.
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5. erikpukinskis ◴[] No.15997339[source]
Just because it want effective before doesn’t mean it won’t be effective in the future. It’s never been easier to buy local than it is now. It’s never been easier to organize boycotts than it is now.
6. erikpukinskis ◴[] No.15997340[source]
How would it harm them? Trickle-down economics?