Whilst the European Union talks of matters such as “strategic autonomy” and idealizes itself as a unified, independent force for good in the world, the reality could not be further from the truth. Espionage revelations are just the tip of the iceberg of a variety of ways in which the United States has, through its integration with Europe’s military and security dynamic, utilized a myriad of political tactics to strongarm the bloc into following its political will and agenda, even when it is apathetic or openly objects to it.
But sure, ban Huawei because the US of all countries are saying that they think their telecom infrastructure tech is spying on users.
Y’all just know that the US is singling out Huawei because their telecom hardware is one of the few that the US can’t backdoor into.
I have been following very deeply the Huawei controversy, and the initial rumours were indeed that Huawei was banned because they refused NSA from letting them put their backdoors in Kirin SoCs. ZTE was only allowed again because their telecommunications hardware was not much of a threat, and their phones had backdoored Qualcomm SoCs.
Wouldn’t surprise me honestly. Anyone who actually thinks the US is doing this for the good of the people is either too young to understand what politics are, or is flat out brainwashed.
The issue is that our perceptions, even yours as example, is shaped by the fact that the vocal people on the internet that praise American technology are usually Americans who are brainwashed since childhood, via Hollywood, Disney cartoons, sitcoms, the hegemonic city environment around them to worship and protect the American Dream and the hegemony for their own survival. This kind of nationalism also exists in France, and other countries.
They are shown Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Cisco, Belkin, Apple and so on as the only viable options of technology in life, reinforced by the so called open internet culture, most of which does not have non US or non West EU voices. People are flocking to my r/privatelife for this reason, as I am giving voice to the concerns of the non hegemonic, oppressed and small countries who suffer from disinformation and propaganda from CIA, USAGM, NED Murdoch, Bilderberg news media and so on.
It will not just take time, but folks that create spaces that empower these very voices of the world, that give them an opportunity to explain themselves on equal footing. This is the only way people can become revolutionary and bring a collective change
toagainst the individualism and pseduo intellectualist bias that has infected society.
