Post #2643906

2026-05-01 01:40 UTC

@liztai@hachyderm.io This is pretty egregious defence of authoritarianism and erasure of China's horrible labour abuses and AI policies I'll mute you shortly but I think anyone boosting you this needs to take a moment and think about the message here, and whether you're just viewing China as a magical land that has solved all of your problems, rather than a real place with real people In China, the people's voice is actually heard and acted on. how? what are the democratic feedback mechanisms in china? where are the journalists, lawyers, independent trade unions, etc.? If you understand the way their politics work and the way their government is structured, it will not surprise you at all. really? how is the government structured? who are the most marginalized people in china, and how do they get a voice in the government? In that society [America], only corporations and billionaires are heard. well, I'm glad that in china corporations and billionaires' influence is small, then! (it's not) And for anyone who actually wants real news from and about China, and not a weird projected illusion: https://chinadigitaltimes.net https://chinamediaproject.org https://chinalaborwatch.org https://lausancollective.com

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@chu@climatejustice.social 2026-05-01 02:39

@cxiao@infosec.exchange @liztai@hachyderm.io Growing up, China was always the big baddy in all our stories. Whatever was happening, China was in the wrong. My parents only told us stories about how terrible China was, how poor the people were, how brutal the government was. The West, mostly represented by the US, was the opposite. It was the land of the free, where merit counts more than blood, where anyone could make it, where people could work hard and afford a decent life. Somewhere along the path of extreme capitalism, the roles flipped. Workers at Amazon have to wear diapers to get through a shift while workers in China can get healthcare. The US is now in the state of authoritarianism I feel like my parents talked so much about when I was a kid yet believes in it's own bullshit of being a democracy.

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@liztai@hachyderm.io 2026-05-01 03:21

@cxiao@infosec.exchange who are you ? Lmoa

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@liztai@hachyderm.io 2026-05-01 03:21

@cxiao@infosec.exchange it's weird that you close your eyes to abuses of other countries which literally use AI to target civilians but ok if it ricks your boat

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