• brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    “In authoritarian China/Russia/Cuba/DPRK/[insert bad country here], being caught talking to enemies of the regime can result in persecution by the state”

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      In authoritarian bad country, professional bowtie journalists spread racist hatred to cause dissent among the impoverished for the sake of the elite ruling class, but they are forbidden from speaking to foreign enemies