‘If I disappear’: Chinese students make farewell messages amid crackdowns
I increasingly feel that this is what it must have been like with the rise of Nazi Germany - I have frequently asked myself "how come people still supported Germany as it was heading in that direction? Why didn't other countries oppose it harder?". Well, I think I know how now - because it's invisible from the outside. I'm not saying that China wants to attack its neighbours and take over the world - but fuck, there's estimated to be over a million people in "reeducation" camps in China. The survailance apparatus judges you if you are being a "good" citizen with harsh consequences for doing anything that the party doesn't approve of. Censorship is widespread. And yet, people don't seem to have hugely negative feelings towards China. Most people I know wouldn't even object to going there on holiday. I honestly feel that in 20-30 years we're going to look back and say "how did we not see this? Or how did we ignore this?".