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Why don't we see socialist countries "rewilding" the internet? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 5 months ago by thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@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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[โ€“] TechnoMaoist@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

  1. I think it's actually cool to revive old threads

  2. My gripes about the modern internet come from big companies deciding what forms of creation are deemed worthy of being able to live off of

  3. So why don't we see early-stage socialism have a more lax stance on demonetization compared to capitalism