China lets people exploit workers and steal the value of their labor. That’s not an upside.
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FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 week agoWait till you see how fascist US censorship works.
On the up side China has great prosperity because they dont let individuals hoard all the money and they dont allow unregulated free speech that turns countries like the US into INGSOC Oceania
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
How are you Americans holding up? I heard the ministry of plenty has increased the chocolate ration from 50 grams a month to 40 grams a month. A 25% increase. Careful, I heard East Asia, who you’ve always been at war with is predicted to increase missile attacks. At least the end of the war is in sight. Then you can celebrate your victory over Eurasia, who you’ve always been at war with.
FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 week ago
1984 is not about totalitarianism, but about oligarchy. Peter Thiel is literally creating the Surveillance State as we speak.
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s about authoritarianism.
nelly_man@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Aren’t you contradicting yourself here? Your first line proclaims the existence of US censorship, but then your next line says that the US is bad because of unregulated free speech. How can there be both censorship and unregulated free speech?
FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No, I’m not. The unregulated Free speech crowd abused that privilege in order to usher in fascist censorship. The liberals fell for the trap. I’ve taken a lot of crap on this platform from liberals who said that we need to protect all free speech or else the fascists will censor them if they ever gain. power, which is absolutely the most idiotic and tone deaf statement I’ve ever heard.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
China is one of the least free places on earth and it has all the same exploitation the West. What upside is there?
FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There is SO much misunderstanding about China that it’s mind-boggling. Their people own the means of production. Profits are used to meet the needs of the people, keeping wealth from being hoarded by individuals and thus slowing the flow of money. Their governmental structure is FAR more representative of the people than the US’s is. Their expansion of high speed rail has been phenomenal. “All the same exploitation” with none of the problems caused by late stage capitalism. Maybe you should try talking to people who live and work there.