In this video, two people try to talk about China in comparison to the growing US internet censorship apparatus and can’t figure out what the difference is between China and the US’s policies.

Any reasonable or accurate point they make in this video is absolutely fucking obliterated by some brain-dead thought-terminating cliche.

Our Glorious Regulations, Their Authoritarian Censorship Regime.

  • RedSturgeon [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    17 days ago

    People should try to discuss political matters without using the English language. No loan words from English either. The latter part is especially crucial. Just cut out any neoliberal jargon.

    Like why is Lobbying a word? It’s literally the exact same thing as a bribery, that’s corruption. The well has been so poisoned people don’t even know they’re drinking poison anymore, because they’ve become accustomed to it.

    They might realize it when it personally effects them and become aware of the flaws, but still ignore the other issues and be extremely resistant to any pushback or introspection. That’s part of the reason why everyone is so divided and people are terrible at handling disagreements as well, why is it that there’s always more focus on how I say things rather than what I say? And I will go out of my way and adapt to your speaking conventions, I consider it rude and inappropriate of me to just march in here and tell you how to live your life, but then people just ignore me or say there’s something wrong with me or that I am unreasonable and solidarity is actually impossible.

    “Well what do you want us to do?”

    I don’t know, you gotta figure that out for yourselves, but at least get your content slop creators to stop talking about countries they have no interest in learning about. Aren’t Americans supposed to be extremely good at cancelling online personalities? So y’all can at least do that. lol