America. Worse than North Korea.

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Maybe you would be interested in an expert opinion.  Well here it is.

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  I have been to many forums.  What I found is that right now there is more freedom of speech in Russia concerning the Ukraine than has ever existed on any topic at any forum.  (The media is almost as bad)  From what I have found, they all seem to be indirectly run by the government.  It is as Lenin said.  "The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves."  And from the conversations I have managed to have to some degree at those other forums, all the members are just fine with that.  Will things be any different here?  I doubt it.  But feel free to prove me wrong.  Also, Frank Zappa did a song about TV called, "I'm the slime."  In it there is a lyric that I have found to be all too true.  It says, "Don't go for help, no one will heed you."

  This category is supposedly about philosophy.  Most other forums also have a philosophy category.  They are meaningless.  Because without being able to speak the truth, no actual philosophy is possible.  I will show you some memes concerning freedom of speech.  If you follow the cult of lies and fantasy over reality, (and chances are you do) feel free to tell me which one offends you the most.

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I didn't see your post before the content got deleted. Just judging from your thread title, however, I suspect you're on to something important.

Chris Hedges and other unpopular truth tellers often say that the Chinese media censors must be jealous of US media control, since the owners of the corporations obediently parrot the government line without having to be forced. 


I think you'll find that a great many of the opinions on this forum are repeated from the corporate media. That's just about all of what people have to work with. And as always, there are tiny areas of debate allowed, to let us think we're independent. But as always, the strictest control comes from peers, not officialdom. You'll be able to identify the Self-Appointed Conformity Enforcers here pretty quickly.

You can still debate here, if you obey certain rules. Don't expect to be popular, though.