Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>The <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> wants to be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKURE05_RPI&t=469s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">self-sufficient by 2025</a> and is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKURE05_RPI&t=138s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">concerned</a> about something as mundane as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BallPointPen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BallPointPen</span></a>, makes me read in between the lines.</p><ul><li>Not only is there like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation#Military_activities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">big *"anti-west" coalition</a> that presents itself as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1uLuj1Nbws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the <em>'Anti-NATO'</em></a>, but to me it seems as if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xi_Jinping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xi_Jinping</span></a> thinks the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/christofacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christofacist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a>-by-vote known as <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></em> will succeed and destroy the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SupplyChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChain</span></a>|s for goods from <em>"the #<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/West" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>West</span></a>"</em>... </li></ul><p>Meanwhile the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRC</span></a> realizes that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>|s are <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpyCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpyCars</span></a></em> aka. a sleeker version of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpyVan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpyVan</span></a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCzU5BF-110" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subsequently ban them</a> with no explanation...</p><ul><li>And yes, all newly made vehicles in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> are now basically with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AlwaysOnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlwaysOnlineDRM</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoor</span></a> access via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTA</span></a> updates, so OFC they can be shutdown remotely - whether it's because a Cop sez so or the manufacturer disapproves of people selling their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IncelTruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncelTruck</span></a> because it's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFloLGmPKl0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shitty vehicle</a> doesn't make a difference...</li></ul><p>People are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn08yZAC2V0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pissed off</a> whenever there's like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SmartGun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartGun</span></a> to the point that they won't even tolerate <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qP6Q9ZEsEo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">electric primers</a> in a hunting rifle that isn't designed to be part of an emergency survival kit...</p><ul><li>What I'm saying is the world is interconnected, and as much as some people may shrug off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> because he's <em>officially</em> only ruling a mere ~ 313M U.S. residents doesn't understand how shit's interconnected and woven and that there are over a billion lives at stake - lives of people <em>outside</em> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> that don't get to vote on this matter but will get the result whether they like it or not...</li></ul>