The conversations are amazing

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      I imagine it could be if you were a minority or a political dissident.

      The fact that so many people went through sexual and gender self discovery on Tiktock, but such things are discouraged by the government in China says a lot that makes me uncomfortable.

      Not being able to openly criticise the government and its policies also doesn’t sit well with me.

      It’s not my government though, so that’s where my criticism ends. If that’s what the majority of people want, that’s just democracy by another avenue. So long as people are allowed to leave if they choose, then that’s fine.

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        Just take a look at uighurs or tibet, china is indeed horrible place if you arent first class citizen

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        The fact that so many people went through sexual and gender self discovery on Tiktock, but such things are discouraged by the government in China says a lot that makes me uncomfortable.

        I guess it makes sense not to use one’s psyops arsenal at one’s own people.

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      If you’re not against the powers that be, it’s great. Like, for instance, I don’t know, Nazi Germany was.

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        Nazi Germany became pretty bad for the Nazis too in the end. Fascist warmongering usually ends that way.

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      oh, it is… notice no questions about suicide nets being installed on factories… or the tiananmen square massacre….
      or people getting disappeared for speaking against the government….
      or the Uyghur genocide that’s ongoing….
      but hey, i trust a few screenshots of bots talking on an app though

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        You can go and ask if you want, but you will be mocked because of how ridiculously brainwashed you’ll sound.

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        Wow, you’re really just running down the checklist of anti China propaganda

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        Suicide nets installed by a company based in Taiwan that also operates in mainland China at a factory located in a special economic zone, one specially reknowned by people for its liberal policies. A company that China’s own state funded propaganda said was bad, and that the situation was being assessed. If the company was not based in Taiwan it would be a little easier for them to handle because they wouldn’t have to deal with a rabid dog breathing down their neck ready to declare war for even looking at the island. I’m not saying what happened wasn’t terrible, but I am saying you should dig a little deeper than the headlines. I found all of this information on Wikipedia after like 40 of research, but please respond and call me a tanky or CCP bot because it would be pretty funny.

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          I just tried, you get cool videos about Uyghur culture

          You should make an account and talk with them, it’s very rewarding!

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          AFAIK often on Chinese services you’ll get an error like “your message could not be delivered”. Posts managing to discuss forbidden topics might be removed without warning, or just be silently hidden so they don’t reach new people.

          The goal is not so much to prevent anything from ever talking shit about the government, but to make those conversations difficult and to stop them from reaching a wide audience.

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          that’s probably immediately censored and your account banned… but i think it’s worth a shot