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> What "coercion"? China employs internet commentators to influence online opinion[1] - whereas the US does not (as far as anyone can tell). There are many exa
by xtian 5y ago
> What "coercion"? China employs internet commentators to influence online opinion[1] - whereas the US does not (as far as anyone can tell).
There are many examples of the US working to influence the internal politics of other countries through media, for instance Radio Free Asia or the National Endowment for Democracy.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/National-Endowment-for-Destabilization-CIA-Funds-for-Latin-America-in-2018-20190403-0042.html https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/National-Endowment-f...
- lstodd 5y agoWhat's wrong with influence? There is a thing called Radio Liberty / Radio Free Europe since 1949. It still exists.
- xtian 5y agoI'm not trying to affect an objective morality to say it's "wrong", I'm just saying the US does it too. So let's not get up in arms about supposed Chinese internet commenters or Russian fake news.
- sidlls 5y agoWhy not get up in arms about it? One is done in support of a flawed nation with democratic and freedom ideals, the other is done in support of a murderous authoritarian regime that wishes to annihilate democracy and freedom. It's perfectly reasonable to be up in arms about it.
- xtian 5y agoDo you want to talk about facts or do you just want to repeat the bedtime stories you’ve internalized?