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A mere utensil of his master's will
Are we supposed to have been assuming the intentions of these corporations were neutral before they were invested in by the CCP? >

It means the Party just wants more control.
And i think it's safe to assume they were trying to balance Party and profit before, which the former does not like. >

Every powerful entity wants more power and control. That's just the nature of the beast
No different than Amazon or the US government. We just have to be vigilant about allowing aforeign power control >

The US government owns Amazon? 
Oh wait, no they don't. >

It's more like Amazon owns the US government. >

Please, American companies may have outsized influence thanks to lobbying, but they don't have any actual power. If the US congress decided it was time for amazon to go, (and the courts allowed it because rule of law exists) then there would nothing amazon could do about it. >

Your daily reminder that 'China' owns 5%  of reddit. >

Holy fuck >

Yeah, Xi hates being compared to Winnie-the-Pooh on Reddit, and we definitely should never discuss how Xi looks like Winnie-the-Pooh. >

just the fact you and everyone else can say it without troubles show these 5% doesn't mean much right now.
It could change but for now it's fine >

You should see how the news on Uyghur forced labour camps is moderated. But you won't because they're banned and muted before anyone can see it (probably just like this post). >

idk if anyone’s been on Reddit long enough they’ve probably seen thousands of Uyghur posts, where we all circlejerk about how Chinese people eat Muslim babies. 
then move onto the next post where we discuss how Europe is being ruined by Muslim immigration, and they should be forcibly detained and sent back to where the came from to preserve Han - oops, sorry I mean Western - values >

Nice camouflaged whataboutism, you're a good functionaire