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[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

American police are just more expensive siveto pay off than Chinese police.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, care to explain? How many police killings are there in China every year?

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to the Government statistics, there were no killings by police in China yet in 2025... Totally believable.

My friend, there are both corrupt and bad police everywhere, and it is worse where there is no free press because they can get away with it more.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Free press as in free for capitalists to write their lies in? No thanks. State press only pls.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Free press doesn't refer to the business model for the press organizations. Free press means that press organizations are not prevented from reporting topics, like the government. Yes, there are plenty of garbage oligarchic press organizations in countries like the US, England, Europe etc, but they have also many truely useful organizations such as community press, school press (university) and expert groups (like scientific organizations)

State press in authoritarian countries function the same as capitalist press in capitalist countries, because the capitalists control the state in the capitalist parts of the world.

What is important is that censorship from the state/money doesn't limit the press from informing the population - because transparency is how you fight corruption and incompetence, regardless of the nature of the state.

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wait.. are you saying capitalist countries are not "authoritarian"?

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Not by definition, all though there are definitely some.

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Source: I made it the fuck up