Many on the progressive left try to hold up China as an example of how things should be done in this world relative to the Evil Empire. Like helping Africa with infrastructure projects instead of conducting regime changes and causing genocides. Ya, a little different, but . .
I think we're in a battle for humanity right now, a global battle. Think about it. The industrial revolution isn't that far off. The population on the planet has skyrocketed since it's inception and there's no end in sight. The governments of all major countries on the planet seek to control, undemocratically, their citizens in one way or another. We need a global people's revolution to challenge rule by the rich, put an end to the insane and ultimately existentially destructive primacy of human greed and lust for power that basically ordains people's lives from cradle to death. That's not freedom, I don't agree, I don't accept it, and I don't want my grandchildren and great grandchildren to live under this kind of tyranny.
https://www.livepopulation.com/country/china.html
Check this out:
No one was surprised by what they heard. Xi had already established that the Chinese internet would be a world unto itself, with its content closely monitored and managed by the Communist party. In recent years, the Chinese leadership has devoted more and more resources to controlling content online. Government policies have contributed to a dramatic fall in the number of postings on the Chinese blogging platform Sina Weibo (similar to Twitter), and have silenced many of China’s most important voices advocating reform and opening up the internet.
It wasn’t always like this. In the years before Xi became president in 2012, the internet had begun to afford the Chinese people an unprecedented level of transparency and power to communicate. Popular bloggers, some of whom advocated bold social and political reforms, commanded tens of millions of followers. Chinese citizens used virtual private networks (VPNs) to access blocked websites. Citizens banded together online to hold authorities accountable for their actions, through virtual petitions and organising physical protests. In 2010, a survey of 300 Chinese officials revealed that 70% were anxious about whether mistakes or details about their private life might be leaked online. Of the almost 6,000 Chinese citizens also surveyed, 88% believed it was good for officials to feel this anxiety.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/29/the-great-firewall-of-china-xi-jinpings-internet-shutdown
Humans are humans, man. There is no reason to believe the governments of China, Russia, India, and Europe are going to change this evil trajectory we're on because it's all controlled by fucking greed and lust. Look at Donald Trump, he's just a loudmouth, but in the end he's not any different.
We need a global people's revolution, organized globally, acted out globally, and taken to the United Nations with an ultimatum to the rich people of the world. It's time to end the fucking Company Store once and for all. I'm not a proponent of waiting until things get so bad that people then will rise up. No way, too many people get hurt. There is no time to waste.
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