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Instead of meta-complaining, why don't you provide your own opinion on China?

Because I have better things to do than writing pages on political debate, rich with links and sources, only to have them shadow-hidden and not seen by anyone. Happens regularly on this forum... I would go on, but discussions on moderation are punished the same way.

Some of us read comments with showdead: yes, and vouch for comments that seem insightful.

But there are no such comments on this thread. And for the most part dead comments are dead for a reason. And for reference, simply being against the prevailing narrative without making any substantive point does not make for a worthwhile comment.

Go through his comment history. Oliver Stones documentary on Ukraine has been heavily suppressed and blocked by tech companies, 1st amendment not withstanding.

"China bad" is downvoted not because it's "wrongthink" but because it simply doesn't add anything to the conversation any more than "USA bad" does.

Hacker news promotes neolib views with the occasional neocon agenda. These are programmers with strong and uninformed media massaged opinions. Chomsky is unfortunately relevant even today.