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> Have you watched any of the interviews conducted on the street in China on the Asian Boss YouTube channel? Why should anyone care about "man on the street" i
by tablespoon 5y ago
> Have you watched any of the interviews conducted on the street in China on the Asian Boss YouTube channel?
Why should anyone care about "man on the street" interviews on some Youtube channel? I mean, it's not like someone in a repressive country is going to open up with all their complaints about their repressive government to some rando with a camera.
Plus, Youtube is easy to manipulate (in some ways) if you have the resources of a government: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/technology/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/technology/ch....
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoTrue. But you also just made the assertion un-falsifiable.
- tablespoon 5y ago> True. But you also just made the assertion un-falsifiable. How so? Even if a quiet dissident won't open up to some obnoxious youtuber creating content, they may express their true feelings in other ways. My main point is you have to be pretty careful with what you "learn" from Youtube, and "have you seen this rando youtuber" (with the implication they should change your mind) is not a very strong response.
- dools 5y agoBut people do open up with their criticisms of various government policies to some rando with a camera. That's my point. Also Asian Boss is a channel run from outside China that does similar interviews in a range of different countries.