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China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/863209

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How would that work if they have a toxic family and decided to kill 2 birds with one stone?

I mean if the CCP threatened my family while I'm abroad, I'd just go: "Lol go ahead, idgaf. They're toxic anyways. Thanks for getting rid of them for me." 😎

But too bad my toxic family is already here and I had to endure their abuse. 😥

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That does assume that person's with a toxic FOO have been able to emotionally distance themselves from them.

That's a tall order.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I mean I have some pretty toxic family members as well, but at least a few of them are decent or innocent people. Pretty much everyone is going to have at least one family member that they care about even if most are shit heads.