<nettime> scaling the humiliation

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

A brilliant passage from
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-divided-between-the-u-s-and-china-has-become-a-battleground-11549688420
:

> One side, championed in China, is a digital landscape where mobile
> payments have replaced cash. Smartphones are the devices that matter,
> and users can shop, chat, bank and surf the web with one app. The
> downsides: The government reigns absolute, and it is watching -- you
> may have to communicate with friends in code. And don't expect to
> access Google or Facebook.

This is at the level of WW2 anti-jap propaganda.

It seems that we have reached the stage where state propaganda is openly 
addressing audiences with presumed IQ in teens, and yet there is no word 
of opposition from the general public.

Such quiet submission must have massive effects on one's self respect, 
which is likely the primary goal.

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