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>ask a random stranger on the street if he's racist, and he will honestly say no, even if he actually simply does not realize it

My lord you people are beyond patronizing.

When people refer to "the Chinese" or "the Russians", we are taking about the nation state, not the people. And there are legitimate security concerns. Whether we should be adversial is another question. But we are.

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I am wary of any supply chain attack and more so if the project is maintained by people with relationships in adversarial countries. The risk of exploitation outweighs the convenience.

I agree about the legitimate security concerns, but not with "we're talking about the nation state, not the people". If life has taught me anything in the last few years, it's that normies are incapable of making this distinction, at least in the Old World.

I liked how you othered people as you lamented the human habit of othering people.

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