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US Politics 23h
Defending China is like defending the US, just because it’s a “communist” country doesn’t mean it isn’t also an authoritarian police state that outlaws dissent
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Anonymous 22h

Functionally it does though Protest licenses need to be applied for well in advance and rarely are granted for those that target the government

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Anonymous 1h

What has free speech gotten us though? Dissent is overrated. They have a much more advanced society

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 22h

And yes, obviously the social credit thing is not one score and it’s various systems. But publicly speaking out against the central government will restrict various privileges you are granted

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 22h

That’s what I’m saying, the US and China are both authoritarian surveillance states that outlaw critique of the government or its interests. I just can’t stand the “leftists” that hop on this app and then support a literal dictatorship because muh cummunisn

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22h

Oh, I think I misunderstood your point LOL yeah we agree There are a lot of things about China that are way better than the states though for sure. Butttt

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