alt Hacker NewsI mean, they're just cribbing what America did, and what the British Empire did before that.
It's a disgusting playbook, but it's also an effective one if you're a state trying to exert control over important players or entities.
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some_random • yesterday at 7:51 PM
Not even getting into the more dubious part of this claim, just because the British or Americans did it doesn't mean it's right or acceptable. If you disagree with that, you're implicitly pro slavery, pro penal expeditions, etc.
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godelski • yesterday at 7:54 PM
I'm really unfamiliar with this playbook and how America has used it. Do you have any examples? I can't seem to find any
I think you need to give some concrete examples, considering the US happily let its companies offshore a lot of work to China over the years, and Chinese funds own large chunks of American companies.