Global Times, an organ of the CPC, has depicted Europe as soyjacks, thereby defeating Western Imperialism forever.

https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1579439918417596419

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I used to think the Great Firewall was exclusively to prevent Chinese people from learning how cool the rest of the world was. And I'm still iffy about censorship in general. But looking at the absolutely bizarre shit that people in the West believe about Covid, NATO, Capitalism, and all sorts of other shit? I have doubts now.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I know what you mean. This pandemic has pushed me from "maybe the libs do have a point about free speech" to "banning certain ideas is cool and good actually."

      I used to think the Great Firewall was exclusively to prevent Chinese people from learning how cool the rest of the world was.

      I find it interesting that many westerners think this, but also think that there's too many Chinese tourists and students everywhere. Like bruh, Chinese people can develop an opinion of a place first hand.

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It's clearer than ever that completely unregulated speech works about as well as completely unregulated markets.

        The one place to make an exception is probably academia, where you have a qualification barrier and a population that at least has the tools to keep from being mislead. You'd of course have to pair this with completely free education for all and heavy, frequent reminders of past academic arrogance to avoid forming a bazinga cadre.

    • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Now I'm thinking about the berlin wall and keeping the western weirdos out :GDR-emblem:

    • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      If it weren't for the Great Firewall, their early internet would have been flooded with NATO spam bots.