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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The social score thing isn’t really propaganda as much as it is idiots believing whatever they read. It started from what was essentially thinly veiled racism, and became “true” because people kept hearing it.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Wait, China's not a dystopian nightmare?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I imagine it could be if you were a minority or a political dissident.

The fact that so many people went through sexual and gender self discovery on Tiktock, but such things are discouraged by the government in China says a lot that makes me uncomfortable.

Not being able to openly criticise the government and its policies also doesn't sit well with me.

It's not my government though, so that's where my criticism ends. If that's what the majority of people want, that's just democracy by another avenue. So long as people are allowed to leave if they choose, then that's fine.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Some of this stuff is dated. Chinese healthcare used to be less available and more expensive until the government put efforts in changing that fact. China's a nation that seems to believe that they can use their government to make things better.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Not everything! For instance, we don't wear shoes to bed.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Truth: the strongest propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (6 children)

They really need to add a translation feature though. It's getting a bit annoying running everything through a translate app, for both english and chinese speakers I imagine.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

picture 2: not real and technically imposible to do that cause we have 1.4 billion people

This makes me imagine how social credit score department people hands look like if social credit score is real

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's funny that Xiaohongshu is popping off right on the cusp of a TikTok ban. They're not even flocking to established US alternatives.

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