[Kaveren]

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

[tomc1985]

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

[insidepgsmind]

Worlds of difference between those countries and functioning democracies.

[tomc1985]

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.

[DonaldFisk]

Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in public, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.

[insidepgsmind]

Malaysia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-nam

[manigandham]

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.

[ohwellnevermind]

Jeffery Epstein seems to be a similar situation.

[MattGaiser]

Fascist states often differ little from low budget spy movies.

[ulfw]

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.