> The fact that you don't care about the people of Tibet, Taiwan, or any other country or group of people
They have my sympathy. But I can't do anything about it. Nor can you.
What exactly do you propose in a conversation that started by people discussed using Chinese LLMs instead of LLMs from the US?
> but feign fear that your life could be shattered by Trump invading Greenland, speaks volumes about what type of person you are.
The country where I live would, per article 42 of the treaty of the European Union, have to defend Denmark if the US took military action to take over Greenland.
I am not feigning anything, this would absolutely have a major negative impact in my life.
In many ways, Iran was the best ally the EU could have hoped for. By bravely resisting US aggression, it made the war costly enough that invading Greenland would probably be politically untenable now.
> The largest contributor to the EU economy (Germany) was responsible for the worst genocide in human history.
In recent memory, yes. I can think of others that may have been worse in relative numbers, but further in the past and not as well documented to know for sure.
> The second and fourth largest (France and Spain) were two of the most brutal colonial powers in history, and their wealth today wouldn't exist without the resources they violently extracted from their colonies. Portugal was the largest participant in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
I know quite well about all that. In fact, I come from one country that used to colonized by such powers.
You can mention many more past nations, empires and so on, all with their laundry list of atrocities. Imperial Japan, Mongolian empire, Ottomans, Aztecs, British Empire, etc and so forth.
I am still not sure what is your point. I don't think you have any to be fair, beyond some vague anxiety that people would use Chinese LLMs.
> Humans anywhere and everywhere (the US, Europe, China, etc.) can be horrible, and your loathsome comments prove that in microcosm.
I am horrible because I care about things that affect me directly while caring a lot less about thing that don't?
Or am I horrible because when I evaluate two evils I would pick one that affects me less?
Because in terms of power to enact change in the world, I have none. I am just some middle-aged software engineer living in some small town, somewhere. I don't exactly have the power to do anything for people beyond my immediate vicinity.
"Give me the strength to change what I can, the resilience to accept what I can't, and the wisdom to know one from the other"
> They have my sympathy.
> I am horrible because I care about things that affect me directly while caring a lot less about thing that don't?
Your previous words speak for themselves:
> The thing is, I don't care. China can be as awful as it wants to be to it's own citizens.
> Again, I don't care. China sees places like Tibet and Taiwan as China. Not my problem.
You are abhorrent, no matter how hard you want to believe that you're a helpless piece of styrofoam floating in the rough ocean.
I'll give you a hint that your parents should have taught you when you were a child: you can care about other people and have compassion for them even if you're not able to help them.
The seeds that grow into great atrocities have throughout history always been planted by apathy.
> I am just some middle-aged software engineer living in some small town, somewhere.
My sympathies to your neighbors.