That's partially correct. The first 2 referendums were lost by a few %, and the last was boycotted since it was held during the pandemic and when Kanaks asked to delay it since it would disproportionately affect them, France refused. France will do anything not to lose the territory, since it's strategically important to them.

The whole point of the new voting law they are protesting is that any subsequent vote would be stacked in France's favor, since local population is already diluted to around 50%.

It was an interesting read. Thanks.

And while there are many points I agree with, the core principle that China wants to use trade to export autocracy just doesn't mesh. Trade is the best way to prevent military conflicts since trade creates dependencies which would be cut off during any military action. I would say the opposite is happening now with the current wave of protectionism in both the US and China.

China will take opportunities to insert themselves in other countries when it suits them, but it's no different from what democratic countries do. Just look at Africa and how to this day France refuses to abandon its economic influence they hold via CFA franc currency. Or US trying to insert democratic rule in countries that have strategic value to them by any means necessary (the publication mentions US abandoned strategy), but we know it's not true. There are public details about US coup attempts in Venezuela just recently.

I mostly agree in general, but in Slack case there is a lot of proprietary information involved, so they might have some more serious legal issues.

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Either China sucks at it or that's not their goal, since they have been trading with each other for 40+ years.

And US welcomes its autocrats like Donald Trump on its own, they don't need China for that.

Biden strongly opposed increasing tariffs on EVs when he first came into office because they would lead to huge price increases for consumers and backfire. And now he changed his minded, but the consequences didn't. Canada getting in between US and China in this trade war is a bad idea.

• Israeli naval blockade stops Gaza-bound ship
• The Gaza Strip | The humanitarian impact of 15 years of blockade - June 2022
• The Gaza Strip blockade explained in one map

I prefer TechDirt approach of calling it ExTwitter.

There's a reason there wasn't one in the first place.

The reason is that Israel blockades the whole Gaza Strip.

Having an opinion someone doesn't agree with doesn't make it invalid. I'm not an instance admin, so I have no say in who gets defederated, but in this community I welcome all opinions, no matter how popular or unpopular they might be.

People from democratic countries might call anything that doesn't agree with their world view a propaganda, yet on the flip side, countries from non-democratic countries might call anything that doesn't agree with their world view a propaganda. If we can't discuss our differences, then we are living in a bubble. If someone is never challenged, how can they refine their own position?

Rhetorical question to think about. Americans are likely to elect self-proclaimed authoritarian in the next election, should everyone defederate from instances that allow their opinions too?

In any case, this is not a place for this discussion. I would suggest making a post in !home@lemmy.zip.

See https://legal.lemmy.zip/docs/defederation_policy/#defederation

It was taken down a year ago and then was revived, and now it’s taken down again, and it will rise again at some point. It's an endless game.