• @TheAnonymouseJoker
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    -13 years ago

    That is not exactly true, though. Jack Ma was killed, according to Western media. He is somehow alive, unless China found out ways to fake his existence via holograms. So was Dr Li Wenliang, where he was only brought to police station for 2 hours, and later upon death CPC posthumously awarded him for his work.

    • DessalinesA
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      The power of socialist / juche necromancy really hit home to me last year, when reddit was convinced that kim jong un died, on the basis of zero evidence. This hit the front page of reddit several times about how he died, and there was a massive coverup to hide it.

      After a month or two, new pics showed he was fine, and redditors ignored it. Even the reputable western news sources are no better than tabloids at this point, but their audience will still believe anything without evidence.

      • @TheAnonymouseJoker
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        33 years ago

        Daniel Dumbrill’s video on USA’s censorship few hours ago is such an excellent piece on critical thinking almost wiped out from the consumers of Western tabloid news media. And it is not just Americans, but Indians, Europeans, Africans, USA leaning South American countries and so many Asians that fall for this stuff hook, line and sinker.

        I definitely hope the citizens of this world gain critical thinking skills back in some way possible, even if it will take a few decades. From the past couple years, in relation to COVID, something has changed in terms of transparency, both regarding what citizens believe becoming apparent, and what news media is running to keep citizens fooled.

      • @pingveno
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        -33 years ago

        I blame that more on the political dynamics of the DPRK and how opaque it is. The current political equilibrium is reliant on a perception of strength from a single person. He must keep any weaknesses secret, therefore any actions that could be keeping a weakness secret are interpreted as a possible death.