You really embassed yourself

Many of your kinks will be exposed.

But that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.

Yes, I’m aware.

“Machine-analyzed” “Automated decisions” “searchable”

Again, this means nothing.

You don’t know what you’re looking for with that system. You can’t read through everything. You can’t get all the details.

lmao

Yes, I’m aware, but even the overloaded and unwieldy (I want to make that point clear) mess that is the current mass surveillance system has to prioritize.

Hell, even 5 years ago, they were saying that it’s hard to know what you’re looking for when you have literal information overload (this was said around 2015 or 2016, but I digress).

I get what you’re saying, I do, but at the end of the day, much of the conversation seems to be driven by popular conspiracist notions, popular portrayals in science fiction novels (as well as other media), and, well, George Orwell’s 1984.

For example: some people think that we’ll land a person on Mars within the next decade… but that is quite literally sci-fi BS that, at the very least, is out of our reach for a century (and I feel like I’m being generous there).

Alternate universes? People think they exist and will swear to you that they do because the Science Channel talks about them… but there is no scientific proof and the notion of alternate universes comes from religion, myth, and old novels over the centuries.

Again, I’m not saying that you may not have a point, but the whole conversation seems driven by popular notions that come from mass fiction and mass media than, well, anything that is actually scientific and feasibly manageable.

Like I said: I think the OP of this thread is fine and, most likely, they will not make it into the top 1,000 people that contacted the embassy, asked questions from the embassy, asked for a book on China from the embassy, asked for a student exchange program to China, etc., etc., etc.

He will probably fall by the wayside, even, in terms of ever being tracked.

Tbh, people have been saying that stuff for decades and then some.

I’ll say this: normally when a fascist takeover happens, it’s not unheard of to simply go for the more “radical” elements and activists and dispose of them first and then leave it at that (basically, sending a message and making sure that at least the early years are as smooth as possible before moving on to later policies that promise more repression and violence) so I would assume that if worse comes to worse that he would have at least have a window of opportunity to leave the country, but like I said, you often don’t know what you’re looking for in the records and databanks and watchlist priorities are either changed or done away with when the eyes look elsewhere).

Look, I may be coming off as flippant, but I already prepared myself for possible danger and being a communist is potentially dangerous, never mind being a political minority in general.

I think if people think that they’re “safe” as long as they continue to purchase or read books of communist material (or even just downloading PDFs) that can clearly be seen by the agencies in question or if they agitate (even if it’s on the Internet) and actively convince people and go into arguments convincing people that communism is ultimately correct… then you’re certainly not far behind our friend here.

But there’s another reason why I feel that this 2000s conspiracism that many grew up with (which paints the bureaucratic structure of the intel agencies as more efficient and less braindead than they actually are, like they’re from “Zero Dark Thirty” or something) should die: we need morale. If the current generation of communists do not organize and start creating continuity in the movement, then there will ultimately be no movement to take over the state after either invasion by other states (when China and Russia might be forced to do if the American super-power gets more erratic and destructive), which will only prolong any mass fighting and prevent as smooth (and I use that word loosely) a transition as can possibly be attained so that many millions more will not die due to our negligence.

Yes. We’re a political minority in America and communists at that: it is dangerous, despite all the jokes you watch by some Marxist-Leninist YouTuber that’s likely more concerned with making a quick buck while simply saying what’s popular on Reddit (their “praxis” generally extends as far as them saying “Palestinians are in another altercation with the Israelies! Solidarity, Palestinian comrades!” Raises fist in salute Okay, now, smash that like button, hit that notification bell, and don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t for MORE commie updates!")

I really hope that people are seriously not just “joining communism for the fun of it” because there are people that are risking their lives or doing work on the ground right now and not so they can see Internet discourse get plagued with how the super cold and efficient and deadly the FBI (they aren’t; they simply have a lot of resources, but they also constantly undermine each other and can’t pinpoint who’s doing what 24/7 as it’s incredibly fucking hard to catch somebody doing something in the fleeting moment that they do).

The problem with that is simply this: that in a world where social media, unfortunately, influences discourse and rhetoric in real life, it would hurt the resolve of the groups on the ground. We don’t need “open debate” or “free speech” (ESPECIALLY by people that generally do not have organizing experience) in that regard, we need people to be ready and willing. It is not out of the ordinary for bot and troll farms to work at creating a sense of demoralization and loss of will so stop doing their job for them.

(Not you, specifically, lmao, I just mean some people that I’ve seen).

But all the same: I do understand everyone’s concern, but I’d rather people also realize that there are people that have been fighting for decades and especially recently.

So, honestly? Tone it down at least a little because everybody is too willing to not only joke about something that’s serious but also over-emphasize certain things above others and jump immediately to acting and joking about how “uh oh, SOMEBODY is in trouble lolololololololololol”

(Again, not to you, specifically, but I’ve been seeing these comments for years and anybody that mildly pushes back on it are immediately told to be “realistic” and “face the facts” or some BS haha)

(And yes, I realize that the comments are so far just jokes, but honestly, I’ve also seen some of them in other times develop into Orwell’s 1984 paranoia tale or something hehehe)

Anyways, ciao! 🤣

No prob.

Here you go:

chinaembpress_us@mfa.gov.cn