For all the newcomers that aren’t aware, I just stumbled upon this insane drama. Apparently lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] is the result of a reddit sub ban of a bunch of pro-china bots who vigorously defend the Chinese government, and the two top admins are also the top devs of the Lemmy source software. Pretty terrible stuff! The linked thread is full of their insane ramblings and denialism Edit: I seem to have been blocked from commenting, all my replies are timing out now. But I wanted to say that I don’t intend to make this post as an “anti-lemmy” thing, I think the truth should burn brightly in the sunlight. We should try to continue to grow Lemmy (especially since we’re the largest reddit clone) while calling out their propaganda and hidden motive. Edit2: turns out I can comment, I just can’t reply to kbin user comments from my instance. Just spins indefinitely.

lol ... lmao even

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    "China is authoritarian tankie regime literally 1985!"

    Live in a country with an unelected head of state and government.

    Said government can seize all your data from your ISP without a warrant, phone tap you with no consequences, and send secret police to spy on you.

    When I visit a nearby city, every street corner is covered in cameras and sonic repellants designed to fuck with children's hearing.

    Should I protest any of this the police have it in their power to arrest me at will for any reason they desire, in this country carrying glue while being in the same city as a protest or even a sufficiently large scale celebration can net you a fine and can be grounds for arrest.

    Media fixates on a cultish devotion to a wartime leader, any criticism of him positions you in the crosshairs of public ridicule or worse.

    Don't worry though, The West™ is free unlike those godless commies.

    • VILenin [he/him]M
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      1 year ago

      Liberals are just rehashing the clash of civilizations thing