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[โ€“] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But but but... USA swore their country was different from China and the companies aren't in bed with the government.

The US really is different. In China, companies have to listen to the CCP lest it gets seized by the state and its owners disappeared. In the US the government listens to its corporate donors and now even rewards them with high ranking military positions.