Wow, I’m sure glad I don’t live in China. I could never live somewhere people aren’t allowed to think freely or live as individuals!!

  • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭OP
    1•2 years ago

    Exactly. Without our fair and honest mainstream media, our society might devolve into one where people have to find news through other means, and that would certainly lead them to Russian or Chinese or Iranian or Venezuelan or Cuban or Syrian or Vietnamese or North Korean disinformation!

    • Ratette (she/her)
      1•2 years ago

      Of course and I think what is most telling is that all these countries believe in “sOcIaLiSm” like its somehow going to provide for people? Laughable really, there’s no way our societies can function without a hyper competitive, strong eat the rich mentality that incentives companies to provide more.

      Honestly I don’t think socialism is inherently evil I just know it can’t work without dictatorships and authoritarianism frankly. Maybe in the future our countries could look at adopting some socialist policies to better care for the elderly but frankly it’s a slippery slope to enabling laziness and handouts for all who don’t want to fairly earn their way in life.

      • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭OP
        1•2 years ago

        Of course it could never work. It’s just human nature to be greedy and confrontational and rude and apathetic! Even since the first human was born hundreds of thousands of years ago, we’ve always lived in strict hierarchies based on the principle of private property.