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Author of the Network State. Founder of the Network School.

Dec 2, 2021, 5 tweets

Convergence.

Like China, Woke America now churns out hagiographical portrayals of party luminaries.

If you think I’m exaggerating, watch those trailers. Then look at:

1) The Founding of a Party
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Found…

2) Amazing China
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_C…

3) The centennial directive
cbr.com/chinese-theate…

China doesn’t make any bones about it. All must hail the ruling party.

“Chinese theaters were directed to air at least two propaganda films per week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.” cbr.com/chinese-theate…

They both want an end to free speech.

China accomplishes this through centralized state censorship, while wokes work around the First Amendment through a decentralized corporate censorship regime.

But the next move is decentralized censorship resistance.

Agree. They are kind of amateurish and low-budget though, and generally recognized by the educated as such.

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