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by Kaveren 2125 days ago
no american tech ceo is getting killed because of a minor dispute like this why does everyone on HN think we're in some low budget spy movie
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What makes you think that? The Russian government just poisoned another opposition thinker, these things are not beyond the pale. North Korea hired a couple of pretty girls to kill a renegade brother or somesuch in public. China has disappeared people over just a few wrong words

If I were in that position I'd make sure I have at least a couple bodyguards, and good ones at that

Worlds of difference between those countries and functioning democracies.
Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in public, at an airport in South Korea.

It's not like these folks are limited to their own borders. How many hours is a transpacific flight again?

No doubt that "not pissing off the Chinese government" is one of the many reasons Mayer won't be speaking freely about the U.S. selloff in public.

Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in public, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.
Those countries can deploy action in functioning democracies. It might even be easier for them to do so since they don't follow the same rules.
Jeffery Epstein seems to be a similar situation.
Fascist states often differ little from low budget spy movies.
Spoon-fed propaganda does that to people. It’s easy to fall into a black or white binary “good” vs “evil” trap, which clouds peoples judgement and makes them overlook the nuances that are in every dispute.