I’ve often heard that China is authoritarian, particularly due to events like the suppression of student protests in Hong Kong. However, I’m curious about more recent examples. Conversely, I’ve been hearing about the UK’s Online Safety Act being used to target Wikipedia editors and silence protests, which raises questions about authoritarian tendencies there as well. What specific examples do you have that demonstrate whether these countries are authoritarian or not?

    • CoderSupreme@programming.devOP
      103·
      5 days ago

      And of course you send me the article from a paper that’s the mouthpiece of some US billionaire. Would you take it seriously if a chinese paper said the US ‘secret police’ is disappearing people? They are going to paint the worse possible picture since they are rivals.

      • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        5 days ago

        Would you take it seriously if a chinese paper said the US ‘secret police’ is disappearing people?

        I mean, they are though.

    • Subdivide6857@midwest.socialEnglish
      75·
      5 days ago

      Hahaha you cited the NYT and the Guardian. Awesome sources. Your billionaire-owned “sources” mean nothing here.

      • Eheran@lemmy.world
        37·
        5 days ago

        Good thing you dismiss what you disagree with without any further arguments. Waste someone else’s time please.

        • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
          62·
          5 days ago

          Treating the NYT seriously, after watching it spend two years being to the Gaza Holocaust what Der Sturmer was to the original Holocaust, is obscene.