▲ 790 ▼ Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer (abcnews.go.com) submitted 1 year ago by 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 497 comments fedilink hide all child comments Biden's office announced his illness Sunday afternoon.
[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yeah what's up with that? We now cool with China? What? Don't buy Tesla, but buy slave made cars from BYD! WHO LITERALLY RUNS SLAVE CAMPS OUTSIDE OF CHINA. What. The. Fuck. Internet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Klear@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) I've seen people saying they don't want to buy a Quest VR headset because Facebook supported the Uyghur genocide (reasonable) and then name PICO as an alternative despite it being owned by ByteDance which is tied to the Chinese government. Yeah, people don't think. They just repeat the popular thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago The bots and won. That's the reality. So much infighting and hatred. permalink fedilink source parent [–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children) Please cite a source. As far as I've heard, despite several investigations by Congress, there has never been any evidence that Byte dance has any ties to the Chinese government. The only premise they could come up with the try to separate TikTok was that they are a Chinese company and subject to the totalitarian rule of China's government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago China has it that the "the people" need to have ownership with any company above 300. "The people" meaning the the oppressive piece of shit CCP. permalink fedilink source parent [–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that's a tie to the Chinese government. Chinese company law mandates a representative on the board of every company with more than 300 employees. That political officer is the direct connection been the company and the party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* This is completely false. As well as a gross mischaracterization of the law you are referencing. You should really learn what the law actually is before you start commenting like this. You are combining 1980's Chinese business law with the 2024 employment law that was just passed in China. The "representative of the people" is literally a board member elected by the employees of the company to represent them. An american equivalent would be if the government ordered companies of similar size to put a union rep on the board of directors of that company. https://www.pwc.de/en/international-markets/german-business-groups/china-business-group/how-does-an-employee-director-fit-into-the-corporate-governance-of-a-chinese-company.html I don't know how you could possibly count this as a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] catloaf@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago I doubt one normal person is saying both those things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) I've seen people saying they don't want to buy a Quest VR headset because Facebook supported the Uyghur genocide (reasonable) and then name PICO as an alternative despite it being owned by ByteDance which is tied to the Chinese government. Yeah, people don't think. They just repeat the popular thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago The bots and won. That's the reality. So much infighting and hatred. permalink fedilink source parent [–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children) Please cite a source. As far as I've heard, despite several investigations by Congress, there has never been any evidence that Byte dance has any ties to the Chinese government. The only premise they could come up with the try to separate TikTok was that they are a Chinese company and subject to the totalitarian rule of China's government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago China has it that the "the people" need to have ownership with any company above 300. "The people" meaning the the oppressive piece of shit CCP. permalink fedilink source parent [–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that's a tie to the Chinese government. Chinese company law mandates a representative on the board of every company with more than 300 employees. That political officer is the direct connection been the company and the party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* This is completely false. As well as a gross mischaracterization of the law you are referencing. You should really learn what the law actually is before you start commenting like this. You are combining 1980's Chinese business law with the 2024 employment law that was just passed in China. The "representative of the people" is literally a board member elected by the employees of the company to represent them. An american equivalent would be if the government ordered companies of similar size to put a union rep on the board of directors of that company. https://www.pwc.de/en/international-markets/german-business-groups/china-business-group/how-does-an-employee-director-fit-into-the-corporate-governance-of-a-chinese-company.html I don't know how you could possibly count this as a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago The bots and won. That's the reality. So much infighting and hatred. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children) Please cite a source. As far as I've heard, despite several investigations by Congress, there has never been any evidence that Byte dance has any ties to the Chinese government. The only premise they could come up with the try to separate TikTok was that they are a Chinese company and subject to the totalitarian rule of China's government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago China has it that the "the people" need to have ownership with any company above 300. "The people" meaning the the oppressive piece of shit CCP. permalink fedilink source parent [–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that's a tie to the Chinese government. Chinese company law mandates a representative on the board of every company with more than 300 employees. That political officer is the direct connection been the company and the party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* This is completely false. As well as a gross mischaracterization of the law you are referencing. You should really learn what the law actually is before you start commenting like this. You are combining 1980's Chinese business law with the 2024 employment law that was just passed in China. The "representative of the people" is literally a board member elected by the employees of the company to represent them. An american equivalent would be if the government ordered companies of similar size to put a union rep on the board of directors of that company. https://www.pwc.de/en/international-markets/german-business-groups/china-business-group/how-does-an-employee-director-fit-into-the-corporate-governance-of-a-chinese-company.html I don't know how you could possibly count this as a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago China has it that the "the people" need to have ownership with any company above 300. "The people" meaning the the oppressive piece of shit CCP. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that's a tie to the Chinese government. Chinese company law mandates a representative on the board of every company with more than 300 employees. That political officer is the direct connection been the company and the party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* This is completely false. As well as a gross mischaracterization of the law you are referencing. You should really learn what the law actually is before you start commenting like this. You are combining 1980's Chinese business law with the 2024 employment law that was just passed in China. The "representative of the people" is literally a board member elected by the employees of the company to represent them. An american equivalent would be if the government ordered companies of similar size to put a union rep on the board of directors of that company. https://www.pwc.de/en/international-markets/german-business-groups/china-business-group/how-does-an-employee-director-fit-into-the-corporate-governance-of-a-chinese-company.html I don't know how you could possibly count this as a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* This is completely false. As well as a gross mischaracterization of the law you are referencing. You should really learn what the law actually is before you start commenting like this. You are combining 1980's Chinese business law with the 2024 employment law that was just passed in China. The "representative of the people" is literally a board member elected by the employees of the company to represent them. An american equivalent would be if the government ordered companies of similar size to put a union rep on the board of directors of that company. https://www.pwc.de/en/international-markets/german-business-groups/china-business-group/how-does-an-employee-director-fit-into-the-corporate-governance-of-a-chinese-company.html I don't know how you could possibly count this as a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago I doubt one normal person is saying both those things. permalink fedilink source parent