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The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 1 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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aero-glide2 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:32 UTC] No.32641737[source]▶
I don't really agree with this, but consider this argument : Is it really a bad thing if different countries have different understanding of what's allowed/not allowed? If the whole world had the same system of governance, that could be dangerous too.
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S201 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:40 UTC] No.32641842[source]▶
Because the people of China didn't choose this: their oppressive and authoritarian government did it for them.
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tablespoon ◴[29 Aug 22 21:30 UTC] No.32643829[source]▶
> Because the people of China didn't choose this: their oppressive and authoritarian government did it for them.

Though to be fair, the political ideas that say that is a problem are pretty Western and (relatively) recent.

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1. unethical_ban ◴[29 Aug 22 21:44 UTC] No.32643955[source]▶
At some point, one has to make a decision on the values the have, and which ones they consider universally valuable.