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Seriously who could have guessed? Sure it might not amount to much but even the fact that people are learning that what the US has been teaching it's people about China has been mostly lies is amazing.

There is no way in hell this could have ever happened even when I was a kid. People were simply too racist. They still are, but the fact that even the slight reduction in racism we have in modern day is enough that Chinese people and Westerners are coming together and being cool with each other online is nothing short of a miracle.

No wonder the US hegemony hates teaching it's people foreign languages, no wonder it encourages xenophobia, that barrier was so powerful in keeping people from learning first hand what Americas "enemies" are really like.

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[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 75 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Incredible bag fumbling on the USA's part. Total Chinese Cultural victory, Alpha Centauri launch by end of year.

[–] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 21 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Incredible bag fumbling on the USA's part. Total Chinese Cultural victory, Alpha Centauri launch by end of year.

"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."

-Commissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 30 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Aren't they just going to ban this one, too next?

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 17 points 9 hours ago

From the Blinken and Romney talk, we know that the main reason for the Tiktok ban was ultimately that both parties saw prevalence of unfiltered information about the Palestinian genocide as a threat to US propaganda. If the Xiaohongshu exodus becomes a direct, fruitful cultural exchange with Chinese users that goes against ramping up tensions with the PRC, we will eventually see another ban that will at least go through its preliminal stages under Trump and that will continue regardless of the next presidential election outcomes. It will probably not even take that long because there's a precedent, an established process and a supreme court ruling in a comparable case now, because Republikans are even more confrontational towards the PRC than Demokrats and because ties between the GOP and the Amerikan digital bourgeoisie have deepened so much during the last weeks.

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 44 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It took 5 years for the TikTok one to go through, and even if it also gets banned, it makes a great point about a major threat to America

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but if it goes through, it's setting a precedent that will significantly hasten the next one.

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] T34_69@hexbear.net 31 points 19 hours ago

They can never take away my sid meier treats