Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoYOU HAVE HURT THE FEE-FEES OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE!1!!!locklemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down19
arrow-up1261arrow-down1imageYOU HAVE HURT THE FEE-FEES OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE!1!!!locklemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·3 days agoIn case anyone thought China was a serious country, this is a good reminder.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agowhat metric for seriousness would you choose instead? because providing healthcare, clean electric power and high speed rail would be pretty fucking nice if we could get some here. meanwhile we have trump, using ice at the polls… seriously democratic shit there. not a fan of china, but I do wish we had their solar and rail outputs…
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoFree press. In the US, the press is bought, in China it is controlled.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 day agolol… have you seen the press here bending the knee over and over to trump? fuck the only outfit I’ve seen stand up to him is the bbc… free press chortle Free press. In the US, the press is bought, also, it’s not free if it’s bought.
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·24 hours agoThat is what I meant. The US and China stand on opposite ends on the spectrum of free press. In China, the press isn’t free and in the US, there are no protections keeping the press from being taken over by moneyed interests.
In case anyone thought China was a serious country, this is a good reminder.
what metric for seriousness would you choose instead?
because providing healthcare, clean electric power and high speed rail would be pretty fucking nice if we could get some here.
meanwhile we have trump, using ice at the polls… seriously democratic shit there.
not a fan of china, but I do wish we had their solar and rail outputs…
Free press. In the US, the press is bought, in China it is controlled.
lol… have you seen the press here bending the knee over and over to trump? fuck the only outfit I’ve seen stand up to him is the bbc…
free press chortle
also, it’s not free if it’s bought.
That is what I meant. The US and China stand on opposite ends on the spectrum of free press. In China, the press isn’t free and in the US, there are no protections keeping the press from being taken over by moneyed interests.