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Are you seriously equating the two govts? Consider that, because hackernews/YC is a US company, your post is read by everyone who cares to see it. Consider wha
by warbaker 6y ago
Are you seriously equating the two govts? Consider that, because hackernews/YC is a US company, your post is read by everyone who cares to see it.
Consider what would happen if you decried the powers of the CCP on a China-based platform. Consider what would happen to you, personally, if you did so while living in China.
- YarickR2 6y agoAnd what would happen, then ? Any specific examples of such things happening ?
- aggronn 6y agoHere's a very short list of pro-democracy or pro-human rights dissidents and what kinds of punishment we know happened to them as a result: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_dissidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_dissidents Here's some internet-specific examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China#Arrests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China#A...
- niihau_island 6y agoCriticizing the government and the powers of the CCP are perfectly fair game - these kinds of over the top misinformed takes unfortunately plague HN. Obviously, China silences dissenters. However, most of the comments in this thread probably wouldn't even be removed. Take this study (cited 1600 times) from Harvard: https://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-censorship-china-allows-government-criticism-silences-collective-expression https://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-censorship-china-...
- sudosysgen 6y agoHow does that have anything to do with my point that if the Democrats and Republicans agree on something unconstitutional it will happen anyways? Both that can be true and it can also be true that the Chinese government is worse to their own citizens.