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This is more accurate about the current state, people can talk about politic in person in normal volume in public like metro or mall, or just through Wechat as
by namelosw 7y ago
This is more accurate about the current state, people can talk about politic in person in normal volume in public like metro or mall, or just through Wechat as long as you don't affect collective.
A lot of People in person say bad words all the time. Everyone has their own point of view, far from brain-washed from some media.
There are also politic classes from middle school to college, and requires a high score for Master degree. Everyone hates it, no one really cares about what Marxism is, they just recite everything and play the game, and forget it immediately after the exam - just like how SF engineers play the brain teaser games.
Some media renders China like 1984 where everyone is intensively controlled is far from reality and oversimplify things. It's much easier to judge if it's like 1984.
- jjcc 7y agoThat's correct. It is often misunderstood by Western public. To complement, for example in WeChat if a lot of criticism or even much worse than criticism can exist in "Moment". But it can make a WeChat Group be banned. Another thing is there's no danger for any individual who express anti government opinion only. Too many people do it all the time. The only chance to cause trouble is when the individual is trying (or perceived by government is trying) to instigate some public demonstration. Otherwise is pretty safe.
- roboys 7y agoI wonder what you think of this idea. US, group protests allowed, gov't actively works for the benefit of industries to the detriment of the workers. China, individual protests allowed, gov't actively and overtly works for the benefit of the workers through centralized labor union to the detriment of business. In this framing, US population would need more rights to protest due to the odds being heavily stacked against them.