The conversations are amazing

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      I have some sources on the child and slave labor, if that helps.

      https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/genocide-of-the-uyghurs-in-western-china/china-tibet-and-the-uyghurs

      https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/01/china-carmakers-implicated-uyghur-forced-labor

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/nz0g306v8c/china-tainted-cotton

      This last one is ‘Western propaganda’ but is very helpful in identifying the types of products to avoid. It’s near impossible in the US, unless you make your own textiles/clothes or only buy second-hand.

      https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods-print

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        Your first link is a few paragraphs with no sources whatsoever.

        The second one sources Human Rights Watch, who got bodied even on reddit the last time they tried to spread this line. They pretty much source only from Zenz (a far-right anti-semitic christian evangelical who thinks birth conrtrol is genocide).

        The third link has Zenz again as its main source.

        Its so exhausting to have to debunk the same recycled sources over and over, so here’s a megathread:

        https://dessalines.github.io/essays/socialism_faq.html#whats-going-on-with-the-uyghurs

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          I appreciate a someone making the effort to debunk but your megathread is absolute garbage, I checked a couple links, got redirected toward twitter and quora threads, so ty but don’t spread misinformation.

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            I need to check a lot of those links and archive them, because predictably a lot of the ones posted to US run websites like twitter get removed for going against the US-zenz narrative.

            Also does the fact that these ppl use twitter or quora automatically mean they’re misinforming people?

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          So all of the nations with a free and open internet are pushing propaganda, and we should just take the firewalled nation of oppressively regulated speech at their word?

          crazy

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            No nation should allow the US surveillance arms like Facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube and reddit to operate within their borders. These are US controlled entities that serve to push pro-US foreign policy, and hoover up all global communications.

            For example, the most popular social media platform in India, is facebook. The US controls the main communication platform of a country with a population much larger than its own.

            Countries should realize what a dangerous threat it is to have US companies control your social media.

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              It’s funny that we’re arguing this on a platform that’s legal in the US, and banned in China. Is lemmy.ml a US surveillance op too? Are you? Am I?

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              There is a difference between a corporation manipulating their own service and a government controlling the entire internet for the nation.

              No one is forcing you to use US corporate social media. Everyone needs internet access.

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                US corporations are the US government. They outright own it. US media is state media with extra steps.

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                  You don’t need to use social media to access the internet.

                  How many times must I write the difference between corporate controlled platforms and governmentally controlled internet?

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                    How many times must I write the difference between corporate controlled platforms and governmentally controlled internet?

                    Oh, the burden you must bear dealing with us know nothings.

                    The same corporations that own the media own the government. There is no difference between the two in the United States. This “democracy” is a sham. This is an oligarchy. How many times do you need to be told this before you get it?

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                There is a difference between a corporation manipulating their own service and a government controlling the entire internet for the nation.

                There really isn’t a fundamental difference here. US capitalists run the country, control its media, and stand above it’s political system. It’s military/defense apparatus, and police function as their hired goons.

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                dude, the CIA controls everything. Probably since at least the 60’s. Use your brain. Why do you think the most far right and “far left” media agree on the SAME THINGS when it comes to US foreign policy? US media is JUST as free as Chinese media, which is not at all. Read about the twitter leaks. Feds just emailed them to take shit down and they did it.

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                    The Chinese people overwhelmingly approve of their government, so they have no reason to overthrow it.

                    Meanwhile the US congress government have gotten <20% approval ratings for years. You should probably take some lessons from the PRC on how they overthrew an oppressive government and internal reactionaries, because they have more experience at it than most countries.

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                    They already overthrew their government and embraced socialism. You act like they want to overthrow their current government. They live decent lives. Better than ours. Our media lies to you about them. They are largely happy. I know it’s impossible to imagine that, what with living in this nightmare, but it’s possible when your government treats you as more than consumables to be exploited for profits.

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      It really is astounding how much every sinophobes source is inevitably just Wikipedia.

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      Wikipedia

      Can you site a source more credible than a crowd sourced encyclopedia run by Americans