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[–] ExtremeDullard 105 points 1 week ago (39 children)

It's different this time around.

The previous attempts were about freeing themselves from an abusive unprincipled data-hungry big data monopoly,

This attempt is about freeing themselves from an abusive unprincipled data-hungry big data monopoly operating in a fascist country and in cahoots with the regime.

I reckon it's serious this time.

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (20 children)

Other countries like that and Europe deals with are: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Russia and of course, China.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

[Some*] Europeans just can’t get over their Arab and Muslim-hate despite neither Qatar nor Saudi Arabia posing any threat to Europe and actually being good trading partners. No tariffs, no restrictions, no unfair competition. They adopt many European standards and are a huge market for European goods and services. Yet still the hate is constantly being peddled.

* hopefully a minority but the hate seems to be universal regardless of the political leaning.

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are they democracies? No. Do they respect human rights? Also no.

I don't care as much about them as I care about pointing out the hypocrisy of my people. I have a thing against islam but that has nothing to do with this conversation.

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