I'm a Chinese citizen, and I used to comment on this kind of things to merely offer my perspective. But I realized as long as my perspective didn't fit the nar

I'm a Chinese citizen, and I used to comment on this kind of things to merely offer my perspective. But I realized as long as my perspective didn't fit the narrative of Western media or general view by westerners, it gets downvoted (just like comments in this trend). I understand that HN allows downvotes for disagreeing, and I think that causes self-censorship. But as an individual concerned about the amount of karma, I just choose to self-censor myself.