[pgsandstrom]

Swede here. We fear a chinese hegemony as well.

[Ekaros]

I don't. As Finn I have big enough country in between. And they have not yet done global terrorism with things like drone strikes. So to me they are at this moment the good guys.

[wakawaka28]

Your "good guys" use slave labor and harvest organs from prisoners. Their people suffer under censorship as they instigate domestic conflicts abroad. They are just as imperialist as anyone else you can imagine, but they are still challenged by the US. If they get into a dominant position, prepare to be censored or disappeared in your own country because of what they think of your online comments.

[duda10]

I'm Brazilian and I couldn't care less. Do not see the same advocacy in IT against American imperialism and financeirization of the whole world or against the cartels of american companies products preventing me of having a job due to no significant industry in Brazil.

[DeathArrow]

As someone living in the Eastern Europe I don't care if something is manufactured in US or China. I would rather have things manufactured locally so our economy grows and there are more jobs.

[Ajay-p]

Brazilians don't care because they largely live in poverty, and China is promising the country and its people economic salvation. It's an easy choice for Brazil against America, whom they see as an economic oppressor.

[pas]

do not see anti Big Tech advocacy? where are you looking? every week there's at least one submission about EU vs Big Tech; every time there's any post on US law enforcement, healthcare, other cost(s) of living, compensation, etc. about US startup and software/hardware development culture or industry people rightfully say the words, fuck Google/Meta/Amazon/etc.

[aloisdg]

Same in France, I fear China quite as much as Russia or the USA.

[blackeyeblitzar]

I agree it’s bad for a few companies in the west coast of America to have the power they do. However, America is a lot more trustworthy and less dangerous than the CCP, who are currently committing a genocide against some of their own citizens, jailing political opponents, suppressing democracy in Hong Kong, bullying other countries in South China Sea, threatening invasion of Taiwan, attacking other countries with cyber warfare, stealing through industrial espionage, and more. They’re powerful and hostile, and should be shunned by the free world until there is political change.

[vertis]

If this was the case nowhere outside the US would have significant industry. Australia, UK and EU would be wastelands with no opportunity.

This is a drastic oversimplication, and blame game. There are plenty of internal problems with Brazil preventing industry. Taking just one -- Corruption is a significant damper on economic opportunity.

The book "Why Nations Fail" has some amazing insights into why corruption amongst other things has a massive impact on dampening opporunities. The TLDR is that you need confidence of a level playing field, that your hard work won't be taken away from you.

Brazil rates very badly on the global corruption perception index[0], 36/100 compared to say Australia at 75/100 and Germany at 78/100.

It is the OECD[1] view that corruption is one of the significant limiting factors on Economic growth and opportunity within Brazil.

This[2] gov.uk page has some fantastic reading about the problems with doing business with Brazil. You need look no further than this for the things that will need to be solved if you want Brazil to be competitive on the world stage.

This is just one factor amongst many.

  - [0]: https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/brazil
  - [1]: https://www.oecd.org/policy-briefs/brazil-strengthening-integrity-for-sustainable-growth.pdf
  - [2]: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-brazil/overseas-business-risk-brazil

[thiagoharry]

Brazilian here that welcome a multi polar world. Here we had much worse experience dealing with Europe and USA than with China, which at least did not colonized our country, did not implanted a dictatorship, nor enslaved or tortured people here.

[beardyw]

Do you speak on behalf of the entire country?