Thread by @LynwoodTalks

'... it didn’t take long for Beijing to discover that, rather than creating content of its own, it could easily get its propaganda delivered by using money to coerce Western companies to do its bidding, which is much more effective.'

@HRaleighspeaks
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@HRaleighspeaks 'The reason America has the best products and sport teams is not because we are a rich and powerful nation (keep in mind, China is rich and powerful too), but because Americans live in a free country and enjoy freedom of expression.'

@HRaleighspeaks 'We are free to be as creative and as productive as we see fit.

It’s this freedom that enables talented Americans to create music, characters, products, and sports teams with universal appeal that transcends cultures.'

@HRaleighspeaks 'Rather than bowing down to Chinese authorities’ thought control, American companies ought to focus on how to continue to create the best products.'

“If you build it, they will come!”

@HRaleighspeaks While we're on the subject...

'Free trade with communist nations will defeat every law we have. In a free market with an unfree nation, we have created a competition of systems, and bad systems will drive out good.'

@KyleSammin
thefederalist.com/2019/10/11/tra…