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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Previously:

No one will deny that China has censorship. We do as well, but it’s more subtle, covert, informal, and sophisticated, which Michael Parenti and Noam Chomsky have explained in great detail. China’s censorship is largely out in the open. It’s made clear where the lines are. The press freedom in bourgeois democracies, A.K.A. social democracies, is the freedom of the media owned by the capitalist class and by the government, a government which is run by the capitalist class.

“996” was never legal nor pervasive, and the state cracked down on it years ago. Western media will always make a mountain out of a molehill to maximally smear China, because the Cold War never ended.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

996 seems like a concept copied from Korean and Japanese workplace culture. It would probably be fairer to look at some underlying common circumstances

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago

It was a thing in ~40 of the big tech firms during the 2016-2019 tech boom, the supreme people's court explicitly ruled it illegal in 2021 and with the 2025 consumption boost plan more frameworks for cracking down on excess overtime alongside enforcing rest and vacation rights better alongside many other things is being put in place.

[–] grill@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 hours ago

Thank you for answering. I will take a look at your claims.