POV: It’s 2030 in Europe and you’re being executed for liking a meme
He also called the detention of Pavel Durov in France “a convincing advertisement” for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which “guarantees freedom of speech.”
China is probably the first “empire” in the world’s history to succeed without conquest and plunder of other nations. Everyone else from the Romans to Mongolians and Ottomans to Europeans (Spanish, Dutch, French, British) and Americans… have relied on the exploitation of others. The American Empire is more sophisticated in hiding its brutality, conquest, and exploitation. It’s done through neoliberalism, banks, debt, corporations, media, wars, etc. Of course, China’s large population helped in terms of labor, but managing one billion+ ...