It's simple to label a government as "authoritarian" just because they have things called "laws" that prevent you from exploiting their people. Likewise, it's convenient to repeatedly tell your citizens that distant, non-English-speaking countries are "authoritarian." The truth is, for every Westerner who can afford to travel and verify these claims, a million others will just accept what the media tells them. They'll even go on to reinforce these narratives, despite having no firsthand experience or direct connection to these places.
Tabitha
joined 2 years ago
I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.
It's not a lifeboat. It's a concentration camp.
My gut reaction was to say, if I were Jewish, gathering all Jews and putting them into one place sounds risky, and suggesting we pile up and concentrate together harder is a bit sus, also considering that in most countries, things really are at an all-time-not-bad since WWII (AFAIK). My threat vector was "what if rando country nukes you" but also maybe a neighboring country gets cranky and invades and the US abandons you.
But you are suggesting such is more than a risk, it might actually be by design?
if the success story was reproducible, they'd be reproducing it, not sharing it.
This post was banned from dbzer0 for being "Tankie" lmfao what a joke of a so-called piracy instance
banning and censoring in the name of freespeech and anti-censorship!
one invisible hand is out there putting bloatware on your phone, the other adding complementary feces to your lettuce
The Nightmare Before the End of History
but at what cost???
there's a really old picture of me holding a knife 
menacingly still up there on the internet
when has a school lunch ever given students quinoa, couscous, hummus, or sushi???