SmackyroonMar 13

China bad tho, right lemmy liberals?

https://lemmy.ml/post/44457794

Show threadChadGPT2Mar 14
I’m tired of being surrounded by propaganda. Do better.
Show threadRiversideMar 14
Everything you consume is propaganda and has an agenda, you just see this as propaganda because it counters the propaganda that’s already internalized and invisible to you
Show threadSmoothOperatorMar 14
This may counter propaganda, but is also clearly propaganda itself.
Show threadDearthMar 14
China executes pedophiles and America elects them and worships at their churches. It’s really not a complicated comparison. There is no gotcha here
Show threadSmoothOperatorMar 15
Fair, though I’m not sure it’s as simple as that. I’m no fan of the US, but what do you think is the biggest issue plaguing China right now from a humanist perspective?
Show threadfreagle
  • Poverty (which they’re alleviating), and the trappings of poverty (like poor labor conditions, corruption, and abuse).
  • Environmental degradation (which they are alleviating) and all the trappings that come with it (like greater impact on the poor, bad health outcomes, corruption).
  • Threats from state actors (which they are alleviating) and the trappings that come it (like selective repression of dissent, organizing, and collaboration, surveillance and chilling effects, etc)
    • Mar 15 at 6:16pmWeb