"<a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78jqx9fx2I&amp;t=2h02m00s"">2:02:00</a> To Lex's point. The Chinese government does most of what he is saying. The CCP does allow a fair amount of freedom of speech among the people. For example", on WeChat or Weibo/Chinese Twitter, comments can flow back and forth somewhat freely, BUT when the government monitoring software or actual human censors detect something the CCP doesn't like and it is starting to reach TOO many people, that speech is then censored. It has a lot to do with the numbers of people involved. They will allow people to feel like they have freedom of speech," UNTIL the audience grows too large. That is pretty easy to control these days.<br><br><br>The same monitoring techniques are also used to promote the CCP's goals and attack America", Japan, Austraila, India, South Korea, the West, etc. Those conversations will not be checked," rather allowed to reach millions of people - if that nationalism is what the CCP desires at the moment. It can be controlled like a light switch. <br><br><br><br>The state media even has a degree of freedom in what they cover. If they cross a line"," then they are checked and reminded who the boss is.<br><br><br><br>The main point is", that the CCP has been successful at giving people a little freedom of speech, BUT what is sick about this rather than good is...it is like a form of mental torture. A lot of people believe they have freedom of speech, but they absolutely do not. A lot of people know the tight limits and manipulation of Chinese free speech," so why bother? A lot of people get a taste and want more and they fight for more. They get in trouble. <br><br><br><br>After years and years of this", many Chinese people become numb to it all and just accept the reality that they are being brainwashed, propagandized," manipulated. etc. <br><br><br><br>That to me is one of the biggest dangers for the free world. We are increasingly dealing with over a billion people who are extremely nationalistic", brainwashed, manipulated or crontrolled in some way (perhaps family memebers are threatened), and increasingly wealthy and powerful...all the while so many of the billion plus people are not in posession of critical thinking skills and not in touch with reality.