I mean, many posts on HN are self promotion; whether they reach the front page discerns the interesting ones from the ones that are not.
An interesting self promotion is still interesting.
It would be whataboutism if it was a random Joe saying "China is evil" not literally a company that 1) is in the US 2) has a strong influence in the government and legislations affecting them and their competition.
In this case it's just pointing out the propaganda and the contradiction.
Speak for yourself, in Italy we are also closer to US "culture", but I do see the US as a bigger threat than China, simply because it's closer and it directly affects our politics.
I agree with you, although you could argue that history teaches the opposite, for example the many jobs that disappeared after medieval times, even if they existed for centuries. Maybe you will still find a cobbler or a blacksmith, but now it's something very niche; which is more or less the point of the post.
