this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
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[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

discord is also largely chinese btw

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[–] caveman@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Makes me remember when UK and France invaded China and forced then to commercialize opium and destroy their country:

"The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and Britain. It was triggered by the Chinese government's campaign to enforce its prohibition of opium, which included destroying opium stocks owned by British merchants and the British East India Company. The British government responded by sending a naval expedition to force the Chinese government to pay reparations and allow the opium trade.[1] The Second Opium War was waged by Britain and France against China from 1856 to 1860, and consequently resulted in China being forced to legalise opium."

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars

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[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml -2 points 8 months ago

Lol, so true

[–] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social -2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This meme is a bit dishonest because its about Chinese government harvesting this data not about companies harvesting it. Both are bad but ones substantially worse.

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