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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.
Just take a look at uighurs or tibet, china is indeed horrible place if you arent first class citizen
Try being black and poor or a latino "illegal" in the US. Slave labour and summary executions in the middle of the street.
It's not a competition, and we could all do better. Even if they are worse, we're not better because of that fact.
yeah, i'm more worried about that kind of shit spreading. Europe feels kind of like last bastion of civilization where its not complete shit.
Don't worry, we're working on it.
Jokes aside though, not all of Europe, and we've all got our own very serious issues as well.
I do live in europe myself. The whole damn planet is like sinking ship and i'm just on the upper part of it, there is nowhere to run if it goes bad here.
I've tried a whole bunch of Europe, and there is plenty of hatred and idiocy to go around.
I fear for our future.
Yeah that's the thing that a lot of Americans seem to gloss over the horror of. We've accepted the legality of execution without trial for running from the cops or looking threatening in their eyes. Doesn't matter if the cop thinks all black people look threatening. Failure to comply with verbal instructions? Death penalty, its not the cop's job to confirm that you're not deaf…
One thing I never understood with the US. With how they killed George Floyd on the street in front of everyone and they were set to get away with it - my first thought would have been that what would be different if they did that to me? I'd come up with nothing, and that's terrifying.
People are arguing about the legality of the death sentence, but a cop can kill you with impunity any day, even tomorrow, with no reason, even in your home. If you are reading this while you're trying to sleep in your bed, or sitting on the toilet, there are people who could kick down your door and murder you, legally without consequences.
How can you tune that out? How do you live like that? It wasn't like that even under communism, at least not after the 70s, and the period before left a collective trauma on half a continent.
Sounds like the US in about a year
I guess it makes sense not to use one's psyops arsenal at one's own people.