• punseye@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Lol pretty much every American company should be added to a similar list given how deep they are in the pockets of CIA, etc

    • Fades@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Cool whataboutism, this article is about a Chinese company and China, not about America or its mil companies.

      It’s not like it’s an insult to say Tencent is involved with the Chinese military, why are you so defensive? Do you think you’re sharing unknown info? I think we’re all quite aware of the US MIC.

      Do you seriously believe China and every other country doesn’t keep similar lists already? This is basic ass shit.

      Every time anything about China is posted someone like you comes running to tell us all “b-b-but America too!!!” as if that changes a damn thing in regards to the discussion topic at hand.

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        2 months ago

        They’re getting downvoted for an unrelated comment not because they don’t believe America has companies that contribute to their mil industrial complex.

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          2 months ago

          that is its own topic, bringing it up here is trying to shift attention away from the topic at hand. Its also topic that should be talked about more, but in its own context.

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              2 months ago

              It literally isn’t.

              It’s pointing out that this is the pot calling the kettle black.

              Whataboutism would be like “the US uses its media funding apparatus to keep certain ideas out of public consciousness.”

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                2 months ago

                Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in “what about …?”) is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense against the original accusation.