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Western society is criminalizing and repressing such culture, so China has already won because they fail at doing the same.


They are very clear about who is a valid target though. I think you’ll quickly find that those attacking domestic targets rapidly disappear.


Kinda works both ways. In many western countries you still go to jail for refusing to give private encryption keys


Or they convict you for money laundry because you developed a crypto phone they can't crack and don't have any legal means to destroy you. ( Dutch example, and yes - the guy payed taxes everything, they made him hang because of a single client of a client his client his client being involved with shady things. ) State-Spite, Repression and such is rising globally. The rule of law is gone.




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