Morlock Elloi on Thu, 14 Feb 2019 19:08:46 +0100 (CET)


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<nettime> scaling the humiliation


A brilliant passage from
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-divided-between-the-u-s-and-china-has-become-a-battleground-11549688420
:

One side, championed in China, is a digital landscape where mobile
payments have replaced cash. Smartphones are the devices that matter,
and users can shop, chat, bank and surf the web with one app. The
downsides: The government reigns absolute, and it is watching -- you
may have to communicate with friends in code. And don't expect to
access Google or Facebook.

This is at the level of WW2 anti-jap propaganda.

It seems that we have reached the stage where state propaganda is openly addressing audiences with presumed IQ in teens, and yet there is no word of opposition from the general public.

Such quiet submission must have massive effects on one's self respect, which is likely the primary goal.

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