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Why don't we see socialist countries "rewilding" the internet? (lemmygrad.ml)
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Like if I look at places like Weibo it doesn't seem like the pre-corpo net at all.

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[–] TechnoMaoist@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I hate to revive an old thread, but I want to at least provide you with a response.

You're probably right that China never had the type of internet that you're describing. My original point still stands though. What are we comparing here? From what I understand from the discussion, your gripes about the modern internet stem from the push for monetization and de-anonymization. I would argue that both are large issues in a capitalist society but not the same in a socialist one. I don't care of a fascist gets deplatformed from Douyin or if a Taiwanese separatist gets outed on XiaoHongShu.