You do understand that free speech that doesn't threaten the government is tolerated everywhere, right? Us having more free speech here is just a function of the US government feeling more secure in its power, you can still find examples of free speech being punished in the US when it has threatened its power.

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Then China must feel real threatened. According to this, it's against the law in China to even say you don't agree with the law.

"A citizen, when exercising the right of freedom of the press, shall abide by the Constitution and the law, and shall not oppose the basic principles established by the Constitution or damage the interests of the State, the society or the collective, or the lawful freedom and rights of other citizens."

A million Uyghurs, whose only apparent crime is being Muslim, have been sent to labor camps and undergone forced sterilization.

Tiananmen Square started out as people peacefully protesting government corruption, and ended in the state murdering them.

With respect to free speech, there's not even a comparison there with respect to America. It's not "potato potato".

[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

it’s against the law in China to even say you don’t agree with the law

Your link doesn't support this, and it's nonsense on its face, anyway.

"Do not oppose the basic principles established by the Constitution" is not "you can't even say you disagree with the law," as anyone familiar with the difference between a constitution and subordinate forms of laws (e.g., statutes) can tell you. And of course you obviously can say the constitution should be changed; how else do you think they amended it in 2018?

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