No matter what your opinions of this demonstration are, I do appreciate that we have the freedom to engage in such protests. Would such a gathering be possible in Putin's Russia, or in China under the CCP's rule?

Eglin isn't even trying any more

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would such a gathering be possible in Putin's Russia

idk maybe, maybe not. Russia is a capitalist oligarchy like the US. And the US has been cracking down on protests under the context of “muh private property” for weeks now.

or China under the CCP rule?

Yes, absolutely. This notion that they don’t allow protests in China or Cuba is nuts, there’s probably more protests in China than in the US.

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

They have to pretend protests in china don't exist because protests in china usually lead to the government changing things

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