I’m not defending China here, but since Snowden we now know that American corporate spyware does serve the government. And they are suppressing democracy - this isn’t a democracy yet, and peaceful protests for democracy are met with violent police resistance - Occupy, BLM, etc.
I sincerely hope that Lemmy can grow large enough to serve as a staging ground for democratic protests in America, just because it’s not corporate controlled.
How do you know who to trust for protests in general? Lemmy only removes the platform itself as a trusted third party. The hard part isn’t finding like-minded people, it’s not getting censored.
I’m not defending China here, but since Snowden we now know that American corporate spyware does serve the government. And they are suppressing democracy - this isn’t a democracy yet, and peaceful protests for democracy are met with violent police resistance - Occupy, BLM, etc.
I sincerely hope that Lemmy can grow large enough to serve as a staging ground for democratic protests in America, just because it’s not corporate controlled.
It’s not corporate controlled, but there’s a lot of CCP and Kremlin propaganda on here. I wouldn’t trust any protests coming out of Lemmy right now.
How do you know who to trust for protests in general? Lemmy only removes the platform itself as a trusted third party. The hard part isn’t finding like-minded people, it’s not getting censored.