He manufactured consent for the war. Fuck him

The Canadian FM is a woman. I am aware that you are just making some sort of pseudo-comments aimed at conveying predefined narratives, but this also shows you don’t even read the articles, @mrdown@lemmy.world

Taiwan is one of the most advanced democracies in Asia. But you show a clear pro-China bias in you comments, so elegantly isolating Taiwan under some pretext is to be expected in that case.

In related news from this week, the Canadian Chief of the defence staff points to missile technologies from Russia as biggest threat facing Canada

And as Yvan Baker, head of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Canadian Parliament, has said, the support for Ukraine serves Canada’s interests.

“There are two main reasons for Canada’s support. First, because it is the right thing to do. Ukraine deserves our support because Ukrainians are bravely defending themselves against a brutal invasion. Second, it is in Canada’s interest. As President Zelensky and others have said, Ukraine is defending Europe and effectively defending NATO. If Russia succeeds in Ukraine, I do not believe it will stop there. NATO countries would be next,” Baker said.

He should better go somewhere else.

Ah, yeah, cross-posted from ml a ‘the West bad’ post with a 10-year old content. Seems the tankies run out of stuff.

in Europe and in North America, and of course beyond the West, the working class everywhere is being squeezed

In the West? Just look what happens beyond the West … in China, for example, there’s a 996 working culture, and the only union that is allowed ‘acts’ under the command of the Chinese Communist Party. And these are by far not the only problems of China’s working class.

Russia? No better there …

There’s a lot room for improvement in the West, but your framing of the problem and your attempt to limit the issue of abusive labour conditions to the West has nothing to do with reality as the problems are much bigger in autocratic states.

I’m not a military expert, but that seems to be an interesting read:

Other nations thirst for Ukraine’s drone success — but they need a culture shift first

… Ukraine’s significant success with drones is creating a fixation on the technology’s capabilities throughout the world’s military and political establishment. The Canadian military is committing nearly a billion dollars to drone research …

… Ukraine, contrary to the assessments of drone enthusiasts, is not employing drones in revolutionary ways. Instead, Ukraine is employing drones for tasks that have been common to armed forces for more than a century.

Short-range Ukrainian drones provide both battlefield intelligence and strike capabilities against Russian forces. In other armed forces, various sensors, as well as artillery and other munitions, perform these tasks.

Medium- and long-range Ukrainian drones have struck at Russian logistical hubs, as well as energy infrastructure inside Russia. These are tasks that various branches of the armed forces of countries have performed for decades …

What’s often forgotten with technology is that it’s not just the hardware that matters, but also the people operating it. Armies are typically conservative institutions that resist change …

While many countries will try to copy Ukraine’s successful drone tactics, technology alone is not enough. The stark contrast between the Russian and Ukrainian militaries proves that culture matters just as much as — if not more than — the weapons themselves. To truly harness this new technology, a military must first build a culture capable of maximizing its potential.

Thank you for the elaboration

Amazing. They should have also asked him whether he can judge Russia’s war against Ukraine, China’s genocidal atrocities against Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians and other minorities. And the war in Sudan. What does he say?

Amazing. They should have also asked him whether he can judge Russia’s war against Ukraine, China’s genocidal atrocities against Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians and other minorities. And the war in Sudan. What does he say?

If Western soldiers supported Ukraine early on, I am convinced the war had long ended.

I feel it’s not enough, though, Canada and the rest of the democratic world should do much more to support Ukraine …

Well said. There’s a misconception that China gets better because the US gets worse, and that’s not true. China is still much worse than the US I would say.

@alcoholicorn@hexbear.net

Thank you for this comment.

Taiwan says is an ‘independent’ nation, after Trump’s warning

Looking at their post history, OP is what is called a ‘ziganwu’, right?

I guess we should neither follow the propaganda trap.

That’s not only security concern but also labour abuse. BYD’s Hungary plant is just another case among many:

Seven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allegations of worker abuse

The BYD factory being built in Szeged, Hungary, is facing scrutiny after reports of EU labour laws being violated among the Chinese migrant workforce.

As the article says,

Asked what conditions are like inside the site, a colleague [Chinese migrant worker] replies: “Nothing out of the ordinary, when you’re a migrant worker.” His supervisors are very strict and living conditions are “quite harsh”, he says

There are also environmental and health risks, as the article says,

Some people in [the Hungarian city of] Szeged feel as if there are too many unanswered questions about how the factory operates. Many were also concerned about health risks.

“The first thing that comes to my mind is infrastructure changes; as far as to what extent environmental factors will be respected, how will this affect us?” Zita, 55, tells the Guardian on the main street. “As a resident of Szeged, I feel that there was not enough information.”

Not to forget social issues,

Questions remain about pressure on housing and the quality of accommodation for migrant workers. Workers in Szeged told CLW of multiple dormitory buildings on the BYD site, six of which were fully occupied with about 450 people each, with an additional 1,000 staff offsite, bringing the total number of workers to 4,000.

Some staff reported working seven days a week “for full monthly cycles except when heavy rain temporarily halted construction”.

As well as ‘debt bondage’,

Those recruited through subcontractors also told how they had to pay fees of between £860 and £2,100 for the job. Those hired directly by BYD paid no fees, it said.

“For workers coming from low-income regions in China, these fees may constitute a substantial debt bondage,” says CLW, which has called on Hungary to “strengthen inspections and enforce labour and migration laws” at the plant.

This is a tiny sample.

No, you just copied & pasted.

Citizens have to follow the law of the country they are in, and no government must extend its laws beyond its borders through extraterritorialization.

From your comment one can easily infer that you didn’t even click the link.