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The article does not claim it's about "every single person you talk to on the Internet".

The article is about a a very specific kind of talk, namely collaboration on and contribution to an open source project with significant impact. And from that angle the claim in the article is neither alarmist nor ridiculous but describes the very reality of everyone working in areas routinely impacted by US export control laws and sanctions.

That's just a fact, whether you like it or not, and from the point of view of someone who's working in such an area I sorry to have to admit that I find it increasingly hard to take your somewhat unsubstantiated comments serious.