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>ask a random stranger on the street if he's racist, and he will honestly say no, even if he actually simply does not realize it

My lord you people are beyond patronizing.

When people refer to "the Chinese" or "the Russians", we are taking about the nation state, not the people. And there are legitimate security concerns. Whether we should be adversial is another question. But we are.

by leoqa5 hours ago|

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I am wary of any supply chain attack and more so if the project is maintained by people with relationships in adversarial countries. The risk of exploitation outweighs the convenience.

by throw-the-towel5 hours ago|

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I agree about the legitimate security concerns, but not with "we're talking about the nation state, not the people". If life has taught me anything in the last few years, it's that normies are incapable of making this distinction, at least in the Old World.

by throw9393kddif4 hours ago|

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Google was created by some Russian guys. Current american president was Russian agent (that is why he won 2016 elections).

I think US is very tolerant when it comes to people from Russia.

by dionian2 hours ago|

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yes and the proof was the spam email phoning home to russia. or, whatever other hoaxes they cooked up along the way. strangely most of them didnt make it into the trial where he was acquitted.

by goodmythical5 hours ago|

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Given that american ignorance is a cultural thing (with many people deliberately electing the way grandpa did it) is it not kind of racist to generalize americans as unknowingly racist?

You said, "ask a random stranger...and he will honestly say no" not "ask a random stanger...and he will probably honestly say no".

Most of most people are racist, it's just different groups. Americans obviously have less distrust of americans, but then I am just as certain that there are many many humans who would proudly share their "dumb american" stories as if that is not every bit as prejudicial to those of us who do not fit the description as any other "weak french" or "commie russian" or "sister fucking indian" or whatever else.

by aleph_minus_one5 hours ago|

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> but then I am just as certain that there are many many humans who would proudly share their "dumb american" stories as if that is not every bit as prejudicial to those of us who do not fit the description as any other "weak french" or "commie russian" or "sister fucking indian" or whatever else.

Racism is about race (i.e. phenotypical or genotypical properties), while being US-American/French/Russian/Indian/... is about nationality. So, these stories are not about racism (since they are not about race), but about prejudices against other nations/nationalities.