• pentastarm@piefed.ca
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    10 days ago

    Ad Astra Per Aspera. This is the hardship part right? So after this we get to explore the stars right? RIGHT???

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      10 days ago

      Yes. Xi Jinping has been terrible for freedoms compared to the Hu Jintao or Jiang Zemin’a time serving. Arts and personal freedoms peaked during the early 2000s era.

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      9 days ago

      Just technology levels alone ensure that’s true. The world’s smaller. People are easier to monitor. Easier to track. Easier to surveil. We’re all less free from that alone. Not even mentioning any of the other possibilities.