Did I miss the part where we all chatted about US surveillance and came to some constructive solution; where we solved the problem and can now exclusively focus on other countries?
Twelfth China story in a week from OP btw. 12/30.
Twelfth China story in a week from OP btw. 12/30.
Thanks for the comment though, it's nice to know that someone heard what I was saying.
I must have... The last ones I remember are from like 2014, and as I recall there wasn't much signal in the noise. Feel free to link me to the most recent discussion (DDG shows me nothing - zero results - for the past month when I search "surveillance" on this site, no idea why).
While it might not be a prerequisite, isn't it sort of important context? Because I haven't seen any signs of improvement on this front, while I've seen a very sharp rise in the number of China related posts.
> "you point out that the poster has an interest in stories about China, but not how that's a problem."
I mean, if this site and it's users want to talk about China that much more than the US that's fine, but how is it a problem for me to point that out? And is it perhaps a little disingenuous to call a consistent 40% China related post history with over an 80% negative connotation "an interest in stories about China"?
In the past month there have been 51 articles with the term "surveillance" in the title, though that's not a metric I would use.
I'd not like to see this normalised.
But I heartily encourage you to try it, and let me know how it works out for you. Perhaps you can get away with it by making 51% of your posts about random tech debris.
Deepwater Horizon, where reporters, scientists, and anyone with a camera were barred from the entire area.
The Dakota Access Pipeline, where Stingrays were used to prevent news getting out, and no mainstream reporter went for days.
Coverage of Sanders' 2016 campaign, where he had roughly 5% of the coverage Trump got.
Whistle-blowers getting exiled / jailed while the whistle-blowees walk free.
The no-fly list, which you could end up on without any due process, and have no way to appeal.
There is no shortage of examples... if you look. I even seem to remember certain important stories getting removed from various social media forums...
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum" - that's a system.