Yes, there is that too. You can still get in trouble for saying stuff that opposes imperialism, but you can purchase any one of fifty-seven brands of frozen peaches. :P

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I find the specific dynamic is that you can say anything you want as long as it doesn't translate into material action. That is the line that cannot be crossed.

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, partly I'm thinking of like people who lost jobs or journalists who got temporarily locked up over speaking out for Palestine. But those two are maybe a bit different, one is the corporate wing punishing people and the other is the state wing punishing people, and you're probably right that for the most part, the state wing only goes after regular non-specialist roles like a journalist if they're taking action. Or I guess we could say it's like, the amount of perceived threat (to the empire) of what you do is directly correlated to how quickly they sweep aside their "free speech" spiel.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

yeah that's a good way to put it