Just a sneak peek for Americans.

Enjoy the Palantir treatment!

"You are not allowed to be depressed! Be happy, it is mandatory! Happiness posting will be rewarded with treats."

Crap. They just gave The White House carte blanche to ban irony and sarcasm. Those bundles of joy sure are excellent at statecraft.

1 in 5 young adults is unemployed and the official strategy is 🤫

Insane how a handful of people can completely enslave the entire human species.

"There is no war in Ba Sing Se"

Here’s a conspiracy theory for them: June 4, 1989

So boring conspiracy theories are still allowed?

Problematic content specifically targeted includes posts inciting fan group clashes

That what now?

kagis

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-china-is-cracking-down-on-its-online-fandom-obsessed-youth/

Fandoms and their capacity for collective action were also one of the largely untold stories of China’s fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in its early stage. In January 2020, as it became clear that an epidemic had emerged in Wuhan and surrounding areas, the government response was far too slow in many key areas, including the provision of protective equipment. By contrast, the networks already formed within fandom culture—the same that allowed mobilization in support of chosen idols—enabled the rapid marshalling of resources. On Jan. 21, 2020, one day after China confirmed human transmission of COVID-19, the fan network of Zhu Yilong, a young actor originally from the city of Wuhan, mobilized funds to purchase more than 200,000 protective masks. These and other supplies were delivered to Wuhan within 24 hours, offering much-needed support for medical personnel and others on the front lines. The aid offered by the Zhu Yilong network is just one of many examples of how online groups provided a crucial means of support amid a rapidly unfolding crisis.

Perhaps more worrying for the CCP has been their potential for mobilization on a global scale. Within 10 days of China’s formal acknowledgement of the coronavirus outbreak in January 2020, a group of 27 fandoms from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan known as the “666 Alliance,” had sourced nearly half a million-yuan worth of medical supplies for use in Wuhan. As one Chinese scholar wrote of fandoms in 2020: “They are a huge population, are well-organized, and have a clear division of labor, giving them an explosive power many would find astonishing.”

Oh, for Pete's sake.

"Here, have a nice state-approved idol to be a fan of."

It's a trend that's spilling over into the West, too.

Negativity is bad for business, so everyone is being conditioned to be as fake-positive as possible.

China is when Chinese people do things Americans have been doing.

NSA, Equation Group, black rooms, PRISM, Palantir... that's bad stuff but it's sorta in the background. Even the national surveillance startup tracking license plates and soon people... not that interesting.

But Chinese that stuff? It's the only way you can show many Americans just how fucked these policies / institutions are.

Donald in the corner with a sharpie scribbling notes.

And then drawing boobs on them, out of habit.

The more I see stuff like this, the more obvious it becomes that we're about to enter the dark ages, and the people in power know it