- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
According to a New York Times report, on Thursday, the U.S. government’s General Services Administration (GSA) removed the spoon emoji as an option that users of its videoconferencing platform can select to express themselves.
The move comes a day after workers embraced the digital cutlery to protest the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” resignation offer.
China for all its faults has a functional government, growing economy and rule of law is strictly enforced. Would we be so lucky to become like China. The US is spiraling towards becoming like post soviet Russia.
Comparing one authoritarian country to another and having an answer other than “both are bad”… I guess at least China has socialized medicine so you won’t die from ingesting boot polish.
Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Israel are all “authoritarian” but wildly different societies. Merely labeling them as “authoritarian” and leaving it at that is short circuiting your reasoning skills.
One is a kingdom where everyone knows who is the king and who they are listening to.
The rest fake democracy, where you vote for a party and then find out it is run by some rich dude.
@sudo @jeena Rule of law is VERY selectively enforced in China, yes, as is becoming more prevalent in the US…
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Compared against the direction we are already taking its an easy choice.