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znpytoday at 5:18 PM6 repliesview on HN

Eh, not quite.

China is not “just china”, it’s a totalitarian regime without freedom if speech, without worker’s rights and without many/most of the freedoms we take for granted.

“China wins” is really “modern hyper/technological communist totalitarian regime wins”


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tharmastoday at 6:30 PM

But increasingly this describes Western countries more and more, particularly the United States.

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dgellowtoday at 6:17 PM

Modern-techno-state_capitalist-authoritarian-ethno_nationalist-regime to be more correct

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javcasastoday at 6:30 PM

> it’s a totalitarian regime without freedom if speech, without worker’s rights and without many/most of the freedoms we take for granted

You know, the USA is kinda going that direction.

> modern hyper/technological communist totalitarian regime wins

Yup, remove "communist" and be afraid of the semblance.

plastic-enjoyertoday at 6:16 PM

>China is not “just china”, it’s a totalitarian regime without freedom if speech, without worker’s rights and without many/most of the freedoms we take for granted.

Just shows the complete naive view on China, but whatever.

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jqpabc123today at 7:03 PM

"China wins” is really “modern hyper/technological communist totalitarian regime wins”

Name calling changes nothing --- China still wins.

platevoltagetoday at 6:29 PM

A guy in the USA was just put in prison for decades for distributing a zine.