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by sheepmullet 2931 days ago
> Show me where I said that

Most Chinese people lack the freedom to live and work where they choose. Most Americans have that freedom.

So if it is handled here in the US then not only will there be less pollution but far fewer kids would be impacted.
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omegaworks 2931 days ago
If you really cared about Chinese people you'd let them in when they asked to immigrate here. That's enough conflating the protection of toxic industry with humanitarian concern.

Stop pretending. Learn your history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act

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abiox 2931 days ago
> If you really cared about Chinese people you'd let them in when they asked to immigrate here.

this seems to have an a lot packed in. it's not clear how advocating the departure of a minuscule amount of people from china is "helping chinese people" or otherwise demonstrating "care for chinese people".

> Stop pretending. Learn your history. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act

this seems to be getting really off the rails. this was repealed in the 40s. what's the relevance?

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omegaworks 2929 days ago
It was the first of any American immigration laws to mention any nationality by name. The laws that replaced it subject countries like China to quotas that continue to unfairly restrict migration.

These restrictive laws have roots in the same petty nationalism that fuels protectionist subsudies.

These laws prevent kids - the kids that you claim to care about - from having a better future elsewhere.

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sheepmullet 2931 days ago
> If you really cared about Chinese people you'd let them in when they asked to immigrate here.

No I wouldn't. That makes no sense at all.

You are the person who brought up kids dying. Either you care 10x more about American kids than Chinese kids or your original argument is garbage.

I don't mind if you do care 10x more about American kids - it's a byproduct of our nationalist culture.

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omegaworks 2929 days ago
Actually OP brought up leaving kids a better world then he inherited.

The unnecessary, protectionist subsidization and expansion of toxic waste generating industries leaves ALL kids worse off.

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