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The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 2 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.587s | source
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aero-glide2 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:32 UTC] No.32641737[source]▶
I don't really agree with this, but consider this argument : Is it really a bad thing if different countries have different understanding of what's allowed/not allowed? If the whole world had the same system of governance, that could be dangerous too.
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S201 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:40 UTC] No.32641842[source]▶
Because the people of China didn't choose this: their oppressive and authoritarian government did it for them.
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darawk ◴[29 Aug 22 18:49 UTC] No.32641964[source]▶
This is right. If people vote for censorship in a democracy, that's a perfectly fine form of governmental heterogeneity. What's happening in China is not that.
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1. marginalia_nu ◴[29 Aug 22 20:01 UTC] No.32642839[source]▶
I guess it's hard to see this when you are steeped in it, but a lot of the censorship in democracies isn't exactly democratic.

Two American credit card companies have an insane amount of say on the shape of the content on the internet. Beyond that, small special interest groups have time and time again successfully lobbyied for censorship that is far beyond what the majority thinks is reasonable.

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2. leadingthenet ◴[29 Aug 22 21:52 UTC] No.32644017[source]▶
Two wrongs don't make a right and all that jazz.