You could go to jail for USING a VPN to access those sites. It also allows the government to "regulate and shut down" any social media site with more than 1 million users. Meaning that all big social media networks would have to do whatever the government wants, since the govenment has a constant threat of banning their network at their fingertips.

  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure is way more harsh than anything China does to their citizens if they go beyond the great fire wall

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    This actually pisses me off. Mention that the US does what China does but worse with its own great firewall and you get called a "tankie". Then it happens and those same people are shocked and appalled at how the government came to this conclusion of oversight. Americans always talk as if they would have personally fought against the prejudice that existed during the Cold War and every other Xenophobic scare before falling into the current one. Then they deny ever having fallen for it.

    The United States is looking increasingly unhinged and only the Europeans worshipping their shitty fast food and entertainment still have this positive image of them.

  • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    In communist china, western sites are banned but the government doesn’t even care about VPNs to access them. The US wants to become china but worse

    Also wasn’t the US backing off on Maduro for oil? Or did Biden forget? Or did the deal fall off?

    • Redcuban1959 [any]
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      2 years ago

      The US allowed venezuelan companies to produce and sell oil, they removed the oil sanctions. The problem is that most refineries (these were made using american parts back in the 60's/70's) were broken and lacking parts. It seems the US and Russia both offered the needed money to fix it.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Meme of the big buff prison dude sitting next to the wimp "what are you in for?" "I used tiktok" and in the next panel he's slid far away down the bench.

    • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" And I said, "Littering." And they all moved away from me on the bench There, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I Said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back, shook my hand, And we had a great time on the bench

        • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I saw the best gamers of my generation destroyed by wokeness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the :gamer-word: streets at dawn looking for a :heated-gamer-moment:

  • moujikman
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    2 years ago

    The term 'foreign adversary' should be banned from politics. It's a completely subjective term that varies with policymakers. Last I checked, China isn't an enemy of the United States.

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Lol, the "security concerns" would be just as easily tackled with increased digital privacy laws, but they don't want to hurt google or facebook's profits.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Also I think that the russian torrent tracker I use is now a double crime. A crime matryoshka, if you will

      • darkcalling [comrade/them, she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah and they would actually have reason to care as now not only are you depriving American corporations of their profits but you're engaging in subversion of the American economy to benefit an enemy state. Like if you pirate and use the good Russian sites, you should be freaked the fuck out because they will inevitably go after or just happen to net pirates for using VPNs and throw them in the slammer for serious time as enemies of the state.

  • Hohsia [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Wild how they are just going full-speed to 100 without even throwing us a bone (to keep us subservient)

    Must’ve recognized there is no unity in this country and we are no threat whatsoever

    • bigboopballs [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      going full-speed to 100 without even throwing us a bone (to keep us subservient)

      yeah, I'm kind of disappointed that we're all just going to walk into the gas chambers without a fight when the time comes

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    this includes the people's republic of china, including the hong kong special administrative region and macao special administrative region

    This would include Taiwan, given that the US still technically observes the One China policy.

    • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      post winnie Pooh tìny man photo on Reddit

      forgot Reddit is controlled by le ccp and le kremlin

      forgot my winnie photo supports Taiwan which is officially the PRC

      gets blackbagged by the CIA

      fined $1 million and sentenced to 20 years for being an enemy of the state

      CIA takes down my posts on Reddit

      other redditors call me CCP shill anyway

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I really want to see it come up in a court case that someone visited a website hosted in Taiwan via VPN. It would be the funniest judgement thing to have the judge come up with "Taiwan is China" and have it go through to the supreme court who absolutely wouldn't want to judge it that way but also would be under pressure not to create a major international incident.

        Could be fun.

  • refolde [she/her, any]
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    2 years ago

    I dont know what to say that hasnt been said already uhhhh fuck fuck fuck the united states fuck americans fuck stupid stupid everything is stupid country is built on stupid fuck fuck fuck the united states fuckity fuck fuck fuck this stupid fucking country and its stupid fucking people and its stupid fucking politicians and its stupid fucking burgers can someone please teach americans how to be civilized for once

      • SuperZutsuki [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        They boiled the frogs to death and think if they put them in a pressure cooker and keep raising the temperature the frogs will start moving again.

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        At least the Republicans name their bills shit like "The PATRIOT Act" or "the USA FREEDOM Act." Fucking paid to lose Democrats come out with shit like the "Restrict Act."

        • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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          2 years ago

          They probably don't need dirt. Virginia is a colossal hub of military procurement and think tanks. Groverhaus :mcmansion: is one of thousands of shitty McMansions which were built from the largesse of the "War on Terror." The state's politics is dominated by the suburban sprawl of Washington. There are very few regions in the country which benefit more from the imperial project. Warner is representative of a class of people who materially benefit from the maintainence of this project.