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WallStreetBets181 t1_iy74hib wrote

This free speech suppression will really hurt Apple in the long run… supporting communist government and not individuals is a bad bad bad move!

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WendysFryCook OP t1_iy79s8w wrote

Do you think Karen gives a shit about the CCP and who makes her iPhone? As long as Starbucks has her high sugar syrup in stock and she can play candy crush waiting to pick up her kids her life is perfect.

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WallStreetBets181 t1_iy7a0h2 wrote

When she can’t tweet anymore, can’t post anymore, can’t argue with people on the net anymore she’s gonna care.

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MindlessPotatoe t1_iy8ouls wrote

Yea, unless you convince your regarded friends to start paying attention to societal issues, nothing will change. The average American is a plankton when it comes to stuff like this. Want to move them? Shine a light lol

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cannibalvampirefreak t1_iy76i7r wrote

Yes of course. The benevolent invisible hand of capitalism will right this evil communist wrong.

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MindlessPotatoe t1_iy8p0xp wrote

Governmental intervention is not the invisible hand at work.

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cannibalvampirefreak t1_iya7fxw wrote

Neither is it the sound of one hand clapping. Whatever. How is this relevant to free speech suppression possibly hurting Apple? They are a business, and standing up for free speech hurts their business in China. Period. Until there is some sort of government action elsewhere such as in the US, e.g. binding resolutions about use of Apple products in government, official censure (not just some pissy little letter from the FCC commissioner about the Voice of America propaganda stream), something that will cost them tens of billions of dollars, because that's how much they're taking in by making their phones with Chinese slaves and selling them to the 96 million party members with high paying jobs who can afford them. They will keep doing what they are doing. Why? Because, as part of the American system, Apple is required by law to do what is best for their shareholders, which means sticking it to dissidents and foreign media, and helping them get arrested or killed if that is what's required. This is nothing new, our glorious Market Capitalist system was basically built to oppress people and extract wealth.

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