On: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

[crote]

You're screwed. An individual is completely powerless against the combined might of the entire country they live in. Nothing you touch and nobody you talk to can be trusted.

But realistically, they'll just bring out the wrench[0].

[0]: https://xkcd.com/538/

[XorNot → crote]

Or more likely you're just not that important and will be imprisoned without cause because close enough is good enough.

People always seem to imagine tyranny worries about a standard of evidence. Tyranny has arrest quotas, evidence optional.