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This article fails to define what "works" means Does censorship give China a better economy? Does it make people more happy? Safe? Does censorship eradicate
by studentrob 10y ago
This article fails to define what "works" means
Does censorship give China a better economy? Does it make people more happy? Safe?
Does censorship eradicate certain ideas? Does it prevent people from communicating domestically or internationally?
There's no data in the article that suggests any of this is true.
- azernik 10y agoIt keeps the Party in power. From the second sentence: > preventing information harmful to the Communist Party from entering the country.
- studentrob 10y agoDoes it? I'd say that has more to do with throwing protesters in prison for indefinite amounts of time with no trial.
- appleflaxen 10y agoWorks means "is technically feasible". It doesn't matter if you think it's a good idea or not: the ruling class in China thinks it is. And any government who thinks it's a good idea in the future knows it's technically possible based on China's example.
- studentrob 10y agoRight, all they need to do is convince their population to abandon Facebook and use the government sanctioned social media. I'm sure that will go over well.
- appleflaxen 10y agoAgreed that the public won't abandon facebook. But I don't understand what point you are making.