As an American, I can freely oppose the current regime. I routinely say, both online and in real life under my government name, that Donald Trump and his cronies are criminals, that everyone should work hard to stop them from achieving their goals and ideally they should all get life sentences once we throw them out of office. I’ll never face legal or even professional consequences for saying this, and even within the most authoritarian regime in generations few officials argue that I should.
Unless I’ve been severely misinformed, someone saying similar things about Xi Jinping on a Chinese tech forum would be swiftly banned and likely arrested.
these days the us government (well trump) will let you speak when your speak is inconsequential but will repress when you have a little bit of reach (universities, research, tv shows etc.). and he is modifying the system in order to reinforce his ability to do so (putting his people everywhere he should not).
but yes, you can criticize as much as you want as long as nobody is listening to you (for now).
in europe we are getting close to parity with china in this aspect though.
SpicyLemonZest|15 days ago
Unless I’ve been severely misinformed, someone saying similar things about Xi Jinping on a Chinese tech forum would be swiftly banned and likely arrested.
srcreigh|15 days ago
lucyjojo|9 days ago
but yes, you can criticize as much as you want as long as nobody is listening to you (for now).
in europe we are getting close to parity with china in this aspect though.
mrguyorama|15 days ago