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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The treatment of Uyghurs and the lack of reaction from the west makes me think WWII was really about money and not people.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Uyghur issue is on the other side of the world and entirely internal to China.

WW2 was an active threat to the entirety of Europe, there wasn't an option to ignore it. It was never a moral issue (to begin with) - plenty of Nazi supporters in Western nations. People don't go to war over moral issues. It was because Nazi Germany was actively threatening the Western order. China's oppression is domestic, and therefore easy to ignore.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Upvoted both of you, because the combination of both answers probably gets close to the truth. Nobody cares, because of economic dependencies and very little outward impact on other nations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

There’s been heaps of reaction afaik