I don't live in China. The Chinese are many miles away. I am not worth nuking, and I am not at risk of being involved in a genocide.

I live in a surveillance state. I don't really like being surveilled. Big companies share data between each other, and it influences my ability to do things like obtaining a house, or getting insurance.

The Chinese have nothing to do with my data. Western companies, on the other hand, can make a good deal of profit from data in aggregate, and don't care if it harms other people.

The Chinese stick to their own people (and what they believe to be China). Western companies, on the other hand, will track everyone on the globe, without any consent at all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_AI

I don't use Chinese software; it's just that the person's claim isn't nearly as insane as you're making it out to be. They're acting more rationally than you are, here. It's not Chinese scaremongering or anti-anti-Chinese scaremongering to acknowledge that China can't really do much to the average Western citizen in aggregate.

If I had to choose between China and Big Tech spying on me (and I technically do) I would pick China any and every time honestly.

On average, students of color come from poorer families, who are less able to support a remotely learning student. The schools they go to tend to also be less well equipped to teach remotely. I forget which school, but I saw one not too long ago that was still teaching remotely, but the school itself was open so that students had access to computers to attend lessons.

As a blanket statement, yes, it is wrong. It is, however, more right than wrong when you look at the statistics.

Know any kids with any type of disability? They're screwed. Know any people of color? They're screwed. Know any working poor who can't make the drive to the rich neighborhood school? They're screwed. But I guess I don't know what you like.

It's a real shame to see an American Hero like him forced into Exile. I really hope someone has the decency to call off the dogs, and let him come home.