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  • I can only speak about Kennan - basically his reports and telegrams from his time in Moscow convinced the US government that the USSR was expansionist and a danger to the US.

    His reports were the primary driving force that led the US to have a negative attitude towards the USSR and that they needed to contain it. That basically kicked off the cold war and we continue to feel the effects of until today.

    He then eventually changed his mind and became very vocal against US foreign policy towards the USSR (basically the same policies that he recommended).

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  • The amount of opinion pieces and fear mongering on Chinese EV cars stealing data I’ve seen - doesn’t look like eyes shut, but actually a lot more sinophobia and more scrutiny than I’ve seen applied to anything else.

    US funding separatists in Alberta - opinion piece saying we need stronger ties with the US

    Israel spyware known to track car systems and their phone hacking software used by RCMP - MPs drafting documents to diminish EV (specifically) data collection

    The US abusing it’s extradition treaty to imprison Huawei CFO - opinion piece about how we need to watch out for Chinese influence and their international policing

    And I’m not saying that these protections aren’t important, just that now it’s a big issue and harms our sovereignty all of a sudden.

    I wonder who gains the most when we put up these barriers but to only one country instead of all others…