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Why does it say nothing about the 1989 protests on Tiananmen Square, Beijing? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by betterredthandead@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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In this article on baidu, there is a gap between 1988 and 1999, why is there nothing about some kind of protest that everyone keeps telling me about?

Edit: Thank you for responding, you have taught me a great deal about the usage and necessity of propaganda, counter-propaganda and censorship in a Marxist-Leninist state like China. Although some relied upon lies and insults as a means of trying to win an argunent, I got actual contentful theoretical education out of this, thanks.

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[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not just a question of laziness IMO. Censorship can also take a lot of bureaucratic work. But it has a reliability advantage that counter-propaganda does not.

Plus, the domestic situation is more important than what some liberals in the global north think. They will always find a way to hate China if the geopolitical situation calls for it, including funding terrorist organizations to stoke a proxy war to help destabilize China and then blaming China for carrying out a successful and relatively humane counterterrorism campaign. There's no winning with these people. All you can do is your best.

[–] betterredthandead@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lazyness as in working more efficiently by working less with same or better outcome

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To me, laziness that involves doing a lot of work hardly qualifies as such.