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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah the American government always imprisons those who make fun of them. Exactly the same as this for sure.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Please show me where he was arrested for criticising the Chinese state.

Pretty ironic comment coming from @[email protected] I thought liberals had labelled him a russian spy

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's in the article.

and spent time in jail in China for subversion

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

but he didnt escape from jail and steal a jetski

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm sure the Chinese government would freely admit to that being the reason lol

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

Chapter 10 in this book gives lots of examples of political repression in US where activists have been harassed, arrested, and even assassinated by the state https://archive.org/details/DemocracyForTheFew16147062951821

The fact that you think US government doesn't do these things says a lot about the effectiveness of western brainwashing.