[shrewduser]

personally despite all that, it seems weird that western social network / tech companies aren't able to operate in china but the reverse is fine.

[8note]

The west values free enterprise, association, etc. China does not.

If you want to be more like china, you can ban them, but if you think that freedom is valuable, it's you who's losing out

[kmonsen]

Or you can have a group of countries that mostly cooperates and leave out the ones that only take and never give.

[shrewduser]

The west doesn't just give everyone unlimited market access, especially if it's not reciprocated.

[BlueTemplar]

You mean how the EU has effectively banned US companies since 2015 ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schrems#Schrems_I

[siggen]

Mainly due to different government systems/markets. Each nation applies certain rules to protect interests and favored companies. An article that described some is here [1].

[1] https://time.com/6139988/countries-where-twitter-facebook-ti...

[paiute]

same with land ownership.