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China should take down the great firewall, let millions of Chinese swarm the western internet and show them what real freedom of speech is like (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Don't see much benefit from it at this stage of things. Introducing chaos seems more beneficial to the opportunistic west, who is used to a culture of jumping on new opportunities with no long-term planning and doing con artistry to the max. Pilot programs in small doses that can be carefully planned and/or studied, sure, but some mass thing? I don't see it. China has gotten where it is by being thorough, no? And it would be difficult to be thorough if people are going down any and every western net rabbit hole en masse.

I'm sure there will be a time it makes sense, but with care. Don't think there's any rush. And let's not forget that one of the primary problems with the western internet is how tightly controlled it is by western rightist platforms and their algorithms. Like with western media more generally, it puts on a face of supporting "independent journalism" and "free speech", but in practice, you end up in niche places like here to have any peace if you go against the grain too hard.