| ▲ | VWWHFSfQ 8 hours ago |
| > China is incredibly nice to live in I'm sure it's a very nice place to live if you're content to just stay quiet in society and never put a political sign in your yard or even just talk about the wrong thing with your friend in a WeChat. |
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| ▲ | cyberax 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| This is an exaggeration. Nobody in China cares about what you speak with each other privately, and people talk about stupid policies all the time. The government cares about _public_ actions. In practical terms, if you're not kind of person who would want to run for an office in the US, China is incredibly comfortable. Cities are safe, with barely any violent crime. Public drug use is nonexistent. And with the US-level AI researcher income, you'd be in the top 0.1% earners. |
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| ▲ | petcat 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | > nobody in China cares about what you speak with each other privately, and people talk about stupid policies all the time. The government cares about _public_ actions. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47252833 My comment and the linked video says otherwise. The guy was in a private group chat and said some nasty things about the police for confiscating his motorcycle. Now he's arrested and in the Tiger Chair. How are we explaining this? | | |
| ▲ | maxglute 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Group with 75 people. That's a crowd, doesn't matter if gated behind QR code invites. Shit talk cops and gov with the bois is fine. Shit talk / soapbox in a crowd (virtual or real) and get caught or reported = drink tea on the menu. |
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| ▲ | bdangubic 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| try to protest in america and see how that works out for you long-term. or say protest against genocide in gaza at an uni or generally in public… |
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| ▲ | cyberax 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sigh. Let's not invent things? You can protest anything in the US just fine, with generally no consequences. Heck, our local _high_ _school_ students go out and protest everything to weasel out of classes. | | |
| ▲ | cheema33 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Trump admin did put people in prison and then deported them, for doing nothing more than protesting. Not as bad as China sure, but not as good as other civilized nations. | | |
| ▲ | fc417fc802 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Let's just clarify that visitors don't have the same rights as citizens. Whether or not you agree with the current administration's policies hopefully we can agree that it is entirely reasonable for them to deport foreign political dissidents more or less at their discretion. If you want to put this to the test try crossing the Canadian border and when they ask you the purpose of your visit respond that it's to attend a protest. | | |
| ▲ | cheema33 17 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > Let's just clarify that visitors don't have the same rights as citizens. Yunseo Chung was not a visitor. She came to the United States from South Korea at age 7. She was arrested last year for peacefully protesting. Charges against her were dropped but the govt. canceled her green card. The govt. has been trying to deport her since then, but the courts keep blocking it. https://humanrightsfirst.org/yunseo-chung-v-trump-administra... While the legality of these actions are being debated in courts, I think most of us can agree that this is reprehensible behavior on part of the Trump admin. |
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| ▲ | xienze 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Trump admin did put people in prison and then deported them, for doing nothing more than protesting. Link? I’m guessing we’re going to see that this definition of “protesting” involves being aggressive and directly in the face of law enforcement officers, not merely holding a sign at a distance. | | |
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| ▲ | bdangubic 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | this is funny if you are being sarcastic | | |
| ▲ | cyberax 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Oh, I fully support their right to protest. It just looks a bit ridiculous when students walk out in protest against things that are far outside the influence of their school, city, or even state. |
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