based or cringe? One one hand human right activists in these countries are using Twitter to create awareness about the local isseus. On the other hand, CIA also uses it to manufacture consent to whatever plans they got

  • hahafuck [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    But what if there is an alternate infrastructure in place that isn't captured by American imperialist multinationals? Not saying that is the case in Nigeria, but what about the great firewall and all that

    • soufatlantasanta [any]
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      3 years ago

      It's not the case in Nigeria so why are you trying to intentionally distract from the issue here, which is government suppressing a popular platform just because Bukhari's fee-fees got hurt?

      • hahafuck [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Just trying to make conversation really, i disagree with the staking of an absolute position in this matter but probably agree with you in this specific case

        • soufatlantasanta [any]
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          3 years ago

          fair enough. I guess in that case it makes sense but a big difference between China and Nigeria is that despite being wary of American tech and enacting restrictive internet policies, China's government is still nominally ML and still generally does its duty and service for its people. It's not comprised of military bureaucrats who got their posts from a junta, and it's not led by a military leader who has been in power for 30 years after taking it in a brutal coup.

          Despite all the nonsense people on reddit say about him, Xi is a pretty normal dude. Buhari is not.