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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

“How do you justify having ships built over there?” he asked. “We should be looking to our traditional allies—Norway, Germany, Poland—places where we’ve had ships built before,” Rustad said.

Ah that's the conservative racism poking out

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

China has a record of human rights and environmental abuses, I don't think wanting to use an ally who respects all of their people and pays them fairly is conservative racism...

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would see this more like that if Rustad actually presented environmental and human rights as the reasoning behind his preference, but we actually know that it a combination of racism and just run of the mill anti-China (from red-scare) because it's Rustad. He never showed signs of caring about China's emissions or Uyghurs or anything else that might actually be valid criticism.

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