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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 3 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.734s | source
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degenerate ◴[07 Oct 19 16:41 UTC] No.21182905[source]▶
The degree that China goes to censor things reminds me of kindergarten. Pull the shades down, and kids won't want to go outside? Is it simply a reminder to their people of who's in charge, at this level of pettiness?
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thrwn_frthr_awy ◴[07 Oct 19 17:00 UTC] No.21183160[source]▶
China is showing the ability to control one of the world's largest, and most advanced companies. It isn't petty–it is scary. The U.S. and others have sold their soul to the devil for $299 flat screen tvs.
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blotter_paper ◴[07 Oct 19 17:16 UTC] No.21183361[source]▶
As if the US hadn't sold their soul already? :/ I'm not trying to downplay the horrors of China, but let's not act like the US had clean hands before importing bulk electronics.
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thrwn_frthr_awy ◴[07 Oct 19 17:29 UTC] No.21183556[source]▶
I'm not sure the average American benefited as directly to the atrocites of the past. The U.S. simply cannot change course without a serious alteration of the the ethos of the country.
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diminoten ◴[07 Oct 19 17:49 UTC] No.21183818[source]▶
Oh we definitely have, everyone benefitted massively from the "manifest destiny" attitude behind the many atrocities committed against the native Americans.

It's also not our fault, infar as we didn't literally pull any triggers. We're probably still complicit to some degree, however, by our general lack of support for reparation actions.

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kuzimoto ◴[07 Oct 19 19:46 UTC] No.21185171[source]▶
There are parts of US history where terrible things happened. It's important to acknowledge that, and be compassionate towards those it has affected.

However, now that the US exists, it does a lot of good for many, many people. As a first generation immigrant, I'm glad that I was able to come here, as I think conditions are much better than my country of origin.

That being said, am I complicit in everything bad that has happened here simply because I'm living here now? What amount of reparations are appropriate for me to give, considering neither I nor my ancestors likely had any involvement with any of those things.

Can any amount of money even make up for what happened?

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1. bllguo ◴[07 Oct 19 22:31 UTC] No.21186706[source]▶
> Can any amount of money even make up for what happened?

maybe not, but that is hardly a reason to do nothing instead

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2. kuzimoto ◴[07 Oct 19 22:55 UTC] No.21186868[source]▶
I wasn't trying to say do nothing, but that just giving a bunch of money just seems somewhat patronizing and wouldn't really make that big of a difference.
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3. danans ◴[08 Oct 19 04:09 UTC] No.21188689[source]▶
Money is a catch all term for investment in human capital. Paying for better schools, post-secondary training/education, healthcare for those who continue to struggle under the yoke of history would be a good place to start. And really, we ought to do that for everyone.