Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoThe press and capitalismimagemessage-square14 fedilinkarrow-up185cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eememes@lemmygrad.mlmemes
arrow-up185imageThe press and capitalismCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square14 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eememes@lemmygrad.mlmemes
minus-squareLeLachs@lemmy.mlhexbear2·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_Soviet_Union linkfedilink
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]hexbear7·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States Fun part about whataboutism, you can keep asking "what about _?" over and over and still say nothing link
minus-squareLeLachs@lemmy.mlhexbear1·edit-21 year agoThis is literally an example of what happens when there is no free press at all. Sure it may be flawed but the alternative is waaay worse. I'm not saying that the US did not partake in it, just that the UDSSR did it so much worse linkfedilink
minus-squareCatradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear4·1 year ago UDSSR Union of Disco Soviet Republics link
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]hexbear4·1 year agoTo be fair, you didn't really say any of that, just linked to a wiki page about censorship in the USSR link
minus-squareCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.mlhexagonhexbear5·1 year agoWikipedia is a CIA propaganda hub linkfedilink
minus-squareCatradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear5·edit-21 year agoOh the soviet union you mean the one founded by and first led by the dude in the meme? the dude in the meme that critiqued 'free' press? Vladimir Lenin? you're telling me the guy who critiqued capitalist press, also banned capitalist 'free' press in favor of controlled press? link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_Soviet_Union
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States
Fun part about whataboutism, you can keep asking "what about _?" over and over and still say nothing
This is literally an example of what happens when there is no free press at all. Sure it may be flawed but the alternative is waaay worse. I'm not saying that the US did not partake in it, just that the UDSSR did it so much worse
Union of Disco Soviet Republics
To be fair, you didn't really say any of that, just linked to a wiki page about censorship in the USSR
Fair enough
Wikipedia is a CIA propaganda hub
Oh the soviet union
you mean the one founded by and first led by the dude in the meme?
the dude in the meme that critiqued 'free' press?
Vladimir Lenin?
you're telling me the guy who critiqued capitalist press, also banned capitalist 'free' press in favor of controlled press?