Consumers should also be aware of exploitation of workers and not be enamored of cheap prices, flashy technology, often with products made by near slave labor conditions.
It’s up to us to refuse to support such products with our pocketbooks.
I’m ROFLMAO (or would be if it weren’t so serious/scary). The words “hoist” and “petard” come to mind.
But once Xi’s own little book of mind control aphorisms was published a while back, everyone in China ought to have known quoting Mao was going to be problematic.
Shortly after his death it was considered permissible for Chinese intellectuals to criticize Mao. To a certain extent. You could go as far as saying he was 70% correct, 30% incorrect. However, concerns developed that attacking Mao could undermine the legitimacy of the current government, so China has been walking back that permission to criticize Mao over the years.