Edward Snowden says autobiography has been censored in China
www.theguardian.com
Sections on democracy and privacy appear to be missing in Chinese edition of Permanent Record

Can't go allowing Western propaganda about "personal liberty" to interfere with our grand plans. But we're definitely not authoritarian. You will grow to love the options we give you.

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
    3·
    4 years ago

    The stuff that was removed was shit talking about "Authoritarianism" and "Totalitarianism" which are both essentially purely propaganda based terms without any form of class analysis. Its literally "When governments do bad stuff except not if its technically private companies doing that stuff".

    • constantly_dabbing [none/use name]
      10·
      4 years ago

      essentially purely propaganda based terms without any form of class analysis

      Authoritarianism is against mass movements and supports executive decisions.

      Minimal political mobilization and suppression of anti-regime activities. Ill-defined executive powers, often vague and shifting, which extends the power of the executive.

      and everyone knows that totalitarianism is anti-Marxist because it reduces the workers level of control over society. It erases the public's ability to discuss such a degree that there's a chilling effect on mere criticism. But of course ML is a fash ideology so that's what they want lol

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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        4 years ago

        Weird how 90%+ of China supports the Authoritarian and Totalitarian big bad CPC by western estimates, surely if the CPC is all of that stuff then people wouldnt like them.