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The difference with Russia is that they are much worse at hiding their corruption and censorship.
by gooosle 1y ago
The difference with Russia is that they are much worse at hiding their corruption and censorship.
- rchaud 1y agoRussia doesn't bang the drum of "free speech" ad nauseam the way US social media magnates do.
- gooosle 1y agoSure, the 'free speech' propaganda is a conscious part of the (better/more effective) public opinion manipulation playbook.
- tryauuum 1y agoTrue. I was born in Russia and to be honest I wish Russia would at least "bang the drum of free speech" as well. If you pretend to have some values you actually make people start to believe in them a bit
- rchaud 1y agoI'm pretty sure Russia still preaches a lot of admirable things that it doesn't actually practice. Talk is cheap yet people will put stock in it anyway.
- int_19h 1y agoStrictly speaking, Russia has quite explicit free speech protections in its constitution. So much so that it separately covers freedom of speech and freedom of press, and in regard to the latter straight up says "censorship is prohibited". Whenever this topic comes up, the government just nods at the document, as if it had any relation to the real world.