• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    5 天前

    increased autocracy, further reduced freedoms

    How so? A Chinese friend I made outside China who straight up said certain previous leaders of China should be hanged generally liked Xi.

    continued oppressing Uyghurs

    No investigation, no right to speak. Why don’t you come to Xinjiang or Kazakhstan and talk to some Uhigurs? There’s literally no travel restrictions, anyone can come here.

    Hong Kong

    They were governed by a council elected by business interests and the British crown. Hong Kong is the freest its ever been under China.

    But I’ve only spent like 10 hours there, and haven’t run into any Hong Kongers outside of China so I don’t have a strong opinion on what they’re dealing with, all I know is what the US wants for them is not in their interest.

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      5 天前

      Just so I know if my time will be well used to redact an answer, what’s your affinity with lemmy.ml, hexbear and lemmygrad?

      • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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        5 天前

        I left lemmy.ml when traveling in China because its blocked by the Great Firewall, so is hb, while lemmygrad users are generally correct, I don’t think their attitude towards anarchists is productive, and sometimes I see some really bad takes from them.

        If you’re going to respond, do me a favor and base your take somewhat in reality.

        If you can’t read chinese, have never been to China, and aren’t getting your takes from anyone who has and doesn’t have a material interest in peddling propaganda, you probably shouldn’t speak on the matter.

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        5 天前

        What is it with lemmy.ml that I have missed? I personally just chose it by pure randomness on a list when I created an account, but I have seen it come up more times know as something negative?

        I have no clue what hexbear and lemmygrad is.