▲ 132 ▼ Slate Liberals - Why you should love a police state that will be used against you (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago by SkingradGuard@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments Linky: https://archive.is/bqfe6 and https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/why-progressives-should-actually-want-more-police-surveillance.html The whole article is and
[+] ttttux@hexbear.net -6 points 2 years ago (8 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) As someone who lives in the west I have barley any exposure to Chinese media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And criticisms of the west focus on real shit we're doing. Like Soviet propaganda was just, "look at what they're doing, its bad". Whereas our propaganda has to make shit up. Chinas criticisms of the west are far more likely to be real than ours of them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago Honestly most of the news that gets posted here is from western sources anyway, the evidence the west is bad is so strong even western media can't really hide it. Obscuring it really relies on insisting other people are worse. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago chinese state media empire that shits on the west, CGTN is communizing the poor western children and their colonial subjects. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago What is good/worth preserving about "the west"? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago there is also the chinese state media empire that shits on the west Who gives a fuck, cry like more of a lib about it Nothing brings me greater pleasure than the knowledge that, barring the west starting nuclear war, China is just going to advance more and more exponentially every year and folks like you are just gonna have to invent new ways to mald over it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) this is the worst bait account I've ever seen, please try to do better next time, it's embarrassing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] DOPESMOKERDENG@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) As someone who lives in the west I have barley any exposure to Chinese media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And criticisms of the west focus on real shit we're doing. Like Soviet propaganda was just, "look at what they're doing, its bad". Whereas our propaganda has to make shit up. Chinas criticisms of the west are far more likely to be real than ours of them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago Honestly most of the news that gets posted here is from western sources anyway, the evidence the west is bad is so strong even western media can't really hide it. Obscuring it really relies on insisting other people are worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And criticisms of the west focus on real shit we're doing. Like Soviet propaganda was just, "look at what they're doing, its bad". Whereas our propaganda has to make shit up. Chinas criticisms of the west are far more likely to be real than ours of them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago Honestly most of the news that gets posted here is from western sources anyway, the evidence the west is bad is so strong even western media can't really hide it. Obscuring it really relies on insisting other people are worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago Honestly most of the news that gets posted here is from western sources anyway, the evidence the west is bad is so strong even western media can't really hide it. Obscuring it really relies on insisting other people are worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago chinese state media empire that shits on the west, CGTN is communizing the poor western children and their colonial subjects. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago What is good/worth preserving about "the west"? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago there is also the chinese state media empire that shits on the west Who gives a fuck, cry like more of a lib about it Nothing brings me greater pleasure than the knowledge that, barring the west starting nuclear war, China is just going to advance more and more exponentially every year and folks like you are just gonna have to invent new ways to mald over it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) this is the worst bait account I've ever seen, please try to do better next time, it's embarrassing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] DOPESMOKERDENG@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent