Good ole “what aboutism”
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TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 weeks agoabduct Chinese paper makers, imprison them, steal the technology
sneak into China, impersonate religious figures, hide silkworms on your person, sell to a Roman emperor
sail into China, pretend to be a botanist. Steal tea and grow it in your starving colonies instead of food
“Why don’t China care about western patents and copyright?”
DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
We used to just call that “pointing out hypocrisy” before Americans found a thought terminating phrase for it
DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, pointing out hypocrisy would be going “hey, didn’t you also blatantly rip off a popular product? Isn’t it hypocritical for you to criticize them for something you also have done?” What Aboutism is defined as: “the rhetorical practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counteraccusation, by asking a different but related question, or by raising a different issue altogether. Whataboutism often serves to reduce the perceived plausibility or seriousness of the original accusation or question by suggesting that the person advancing it is hypocritical or that the responder’s misbehavior is not unique or unprecedented.” www.britannica.com/topic/whataboutism
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
And, as always, it is in the sealion’s power to determine what is the same, and what is “different but related”.
Arf arf arf
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Only US is allowed to invade other countries and steal what it wants
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What are you thinking about? Is this a bot?
DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
[deleted]TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
“Issues with westerners” is an odd choice given that I’m Irish but ok.
It’s not my job to comfort American fragility. Genocide enablers are fair targets in all situations.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Genocide enablers are fair targets in all situations.
So what's your issue with people going after China? After all it's fair game because China is also a genocide enabler.
DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So, wait, Namco are Genocide enablers? Since when?
Also, my guy, I’ve met plenty of Tankies in my life, it’s not uncommon to see a westerner that hates westerners.
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So many bots nowadays on Reddit. I won’t be surprised we have bots here
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You’re citing examples from the 6th, 4th, and 18th centuries and arguably the last one isn’t even about intellectual property
Even ignoring the blatant “what aboutism” if your justification for why it’s ok to steal video game ideas is because some Byzantians were mean to you 1400 years ago just know that nobody is going to take you seriously
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
If you think that historical context doesnt inform culture, you must be an American, in possession of neither.
DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So, you’re saying that it is the Chinese culture to steal from others because they were stolen from? That sounds racist as hell.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
No, but this might shock you, other countries have different definitions of what theft is. Theft is taking something from someone.
The funny part being that it is literally enshrined in American law that game mechanics can’t be copyrighted, so its not even in the definition of theft in America either.