Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe press and capitalismlemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down131cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eememes@lemmygrad.mlmemes@hexbear.net
arrow-up172arrow-down1imageThe press and capitalismlemmygrad.mlCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eememes@lemmygrad.mlmemes@hexbear.net
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States Fun part about whataboutism, you can keep asking “what about _?” over and over and still say nothing
minus-squareLeLachs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThis is literally an example of what happens when there is no free press at all. Sure it may be flawed but the alternative is waaay worse. I’m not saying that the US did not partake in it, just that the UDSSR did it so much worse
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoTo be fair, you didn’t really say any of that, just linked to a wiki page about censorship in the USSR
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States
Fun part about whataboutism, you can keep asking “what about _?” over and over and still say nothing
This is literally an example of what happens when there is no free press at all. Sure it may be flawed but the alternative is waaay worse. I’m not saying that the US did not partake in it, just that the UDSSR did it so much worse
To be fair, you didn’t really say any of that, just linked to a wiki page about censorship in the USSR
Fair enough