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In Soviet China, academics have to self-censor when taking about the Party (hexbear.net)
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https://www.chronicle.com/article/scholars-who-study-the-middle-east-are-afraid-to-speak-out

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[-] Saeculum@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

In other words, the status quo in the West is basically as follows: you can say whatever you want, so long as it doesn’t actually have any effect.

The freedom to say anything, so long as you are saying nothing.

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