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    13 hours ago

    The Chinese people overwhelmingly approve of their government, so they have no reason to overthrow it.

    Meanwhile the US congress government have gotten <20% approval ratings for years. You should probably take some lessons from the PRC on how they overthrew an oppressive government and internal reactionaries, because they have more experience at it than most countries.

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      4 hours ago

      Oh, I’m in no way defending the US or suggesting that it’s right and China’s wrong, but that was an example. The point is the limited ability to access information, not the need to obtain information specifically to overthrow the government.

      I’m saying they’re not free to use the internet like other nations, and that it’s an oppressive and authoritarian way to gatekeep information. The US absolutely manipulates media, but at least you maintain access to the counterpoint. Neither is right, but this comment section is so quick to deflect criticism of China back to the West that they truly don’t see how both nations could be two different flavors of suck.

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      10 hours ago

      I wouldn’t trust statistics from relating to political issues that could get one punished in a country, people won’t want to voice their true opinion in fear of punishment

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        6 hours ago

        Literally a study from harvard, because we know you western supremacists consider anything from a non-western source to be inferior.