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0 pointsanticodon9mo ago0 comments

Was situation in Tibet really good before China came?

I've recently learned that movie "7 years in Tibet" is full of lies, starting with the fact that the main character was hardcore Nazi follower in real life.

There are a lot of things that we don't know because media are not interested in enlightening people. They are interested in pushing the current agenda.

E.g. Tibet was a poor feudal state with slavery, but you won't easily find this information, because all you can find now if you search for it is: "China is bad, bad, and Tibet is very good, enlightened people, very warm and kind". It is not like that.

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danparsonson9mo ago

> Was situation in Tibet really good before China came?

Well I imagine there was a lot less persecution by the Chinese government at that time.

> media are not interested in enlightening people

You're right, the media in China are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state.

anticodonOP9mo ago

> Well I imagine there was a lot less persecution by the Chinese government at that time.

Is feudal society with slavery and human sacrifices better? How can we really be sure about more or less persecution by Chinese government if we don't live in Tibet, do not know Tibetan and Chinese, and all we know about those "persecutions" are somebody else's translated words?

> You're right, the media in China are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state.

You're right, the media are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state. FTFY. There are not exceptions anywhere in the world.

danparsonson9mo ago

> How can we really be sure about more or less persecution by Chinese government if we don't live in Tibet

You're conflating your lack of knowledge about the subject with a general lack of knowledge about the subject; those are not the same.

> You're right, the media are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state. FTFY. There are not exceptions anywhere in the world.

That's a false equivalence; yes, most or all countries' governments have captured the press to some extent, but the degree to which it happens varies wildly by country, and again the fact that you don't see that speaks more to your own experiences than any objective reality.

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0 pointsanticodon9mo ago0 comments

Was situation in Tibet really good before China came?

I've recently learned that movie "7 years in Tibet" is full of lies, starting with the fact that the main character was hardcore Nazi follower in real life.

There are a lot of things that we don't know because media are not interested in enlightening people. They are interested in pushing the current agenda.

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danparsonson9mo ago

> Was situation in Tibet really good before China came?

Well I imagine there was a lot less persecution by the Chinese government at that time.

> media are not interested in enlightening people

You're right, the media in China are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state.

anticodonOP9mo ago

> Well I imagine there was a lot less persecution by the Chinese government at that time.

> You're right, the media in China are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state.

You're right, the media are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state. FTFY. There are not exceptions anywhere in the world.

danparsonson9mo ago

> How can we really be sure about more or less persecution by Chinese government if we don't live in Tibet

You're conflating your lack of knowledge about the subject with a general lack of knowledge about the subject; those are not the same.

> You're right, the media are mostly or exclusively mouthpieces for the state. FTFY. There are not exceptions anywhere in the world.

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