Is the level of oppression really way down, though?
Dissent is punishable by death, you can’t read Western newspapers or use Western social media, and everyone is being tagged with “social reponsibility” ID’s that indicate their level of loyalty to the state, with those who don’t show the highest levels of loyalty being forbidden to travel, move to a different city, get loans, or work for certain employers.
Doesn’t sound that free to me!
Ed
>with those who don’t show the highest levels of loyalty being forbidden to travel, move to a different city, get loans, or work for certain employers.
Try speaking the truth about black crime rates or talk about high Hispanic rape rates in public. You’ll be branded a racist and pretty much all those things will happen to you in the US as well. I said their oppression level declined not disappeared. Currently it’s about on par with US oppression levels. Actually having freedom would be nice, but as we don’t get actual freedom, I don’t see the point of trashing China for it.