• @plyth@feddit.org
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    5 hours ago

    Don’t you think that what is going to come will be worse than what is happening in China? At least they don’t try to undo science.

    • Kushan
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      94 hours ago

      Jfc, “at least it’s not as bad” is a horrendous excuse to endorse a government that has committed genocide.

      How about you grow a spine and reject fascism properly instead of just rebounding from one authoritarian to another.

      • @plyth@feddit.org
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        Trail of Death Tears. We have been endorsing such a government all the time, which made the recent development possible instead of giving them the opportunity to change.

        How would you create a government that doesn’t concentrate power permanently in a group of people in some form or another?

    • trollercoaster
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      25 hours ago

      Right, they only undo science when it makes the government look bad, like during a certain pandemic in the recent past.

      • @plyth@feddit.org
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        -15 hours ago

        What did they do? And does that outweight the fascism that we can expect for us?

        • trollercoaster
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          They did suppress early reports on the coronavirus by Chinese medical personnel and scientists, (including arrests of people who spoke out) allowing the (initially localised) epidemic to grow into a worldwide pandemic due to belated and half arsed response pretty much everywhere.

          Also, China is spiraling increasingly towards a fascist regime as well. Their “communist” party is communist in nothing but name.

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            Also, China is spiraling increasingly towards a fascist regime as well. Their “communist” party is communist in nothing but name.

            You can* be communist alongside being authoritarian without necessarily being fascist. What makes you say they’re spiralling towards that?

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              Increasing nationalism, ethnic cleansing. Also privately owned corporations.

              • Norah (pup/it/she)
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                22 hours ago

                Yeah fair, the privately-owned corporations is definitely counter to communist ideology. I think the ethnic cleansing has always been around in a sense. Religion has been suppressed, as has languages other than mandarin, like cantonese.

          • @plyth@feddit.org
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            No. I know they do many rejectable things but I am aware of none that undermines science.

            Even the corona report suppression is not undermining science itself.