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Musician 'Zedd' permanently banned from China for liking a South Park tweet
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It's not suffering, they just make a little less mega profits than usual. Worth it.
The fuck? Even if this is just a joke this is in ridiculously poor taste. China is banning any criticism that someone raises about them literally killing people. The mods here are just banning people who break the rules of the forum and post bullshit.
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EDM artists like touring China (EDC China), it's not a stretch to assume that he was probably informed of this through the Chinese Embassy in the US
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This seems like a really random thing to joke about though, especially considering he's toured China plenty of times. It's probably real, the CCP is petty as fuck.
Ironically, him joking about this will probably net him a ban if he wasn't banned before.
You out-of-touch oldie!!1!
Jokes aside, Zedd is big.
Like, Katy Perry big.
Congratulations on making it out of the last couple of years without hearing "The Middle". I'm not even joking. That damn song followed me around like I owed it money.
China is being really weird by trying to push its soft/cultural power globally while also being isolationists by cutting off outsiders and overseas culture so strictly. I don't see how they can achieve the former if moves like this continue to drive a cultural divide.
Seems like it's a topical thing to joke about TBH.
We'll see in time I guess... but if he's joking and people are taking it seriously, it's just adding to the misinformation.
Pretty much, which is why people have been having issues with China.
I seriously feel like I've been living under a rock regarding China's censorship practices until that South Park episode. What a goddamn ride.
Twitter is banned in China. Why the fuck would they do anything China says? 😂
Is this even true, it sounds like one of those boomer memes where you "repost these banned phrases and Obama will censor you"
God, this is like that old reddit meme of "You have been banned from /r/Pyongyang" for even the smallest anti-NK comment, except real.
Nah, it won't be.
These irrational acts are out of desperation. They're slipping. This isn't what someone in control, someone in power does.
The same with them trying to give wealth to their people without giving them political power/responsibility. Eventually the divide is just too obvious.
Considering how China actually was more open culturally before Xi took the power, I would think that the people eventually have enough of this cultural oppression. I don't know how it will end though.
China has more power than this. They could cause a lot of damage. Manufacturing, for starters, if they want to make an example of someone large.
Oh the Chinese government will still do whatever it wants, but they're losing traction and they know it. They can't do 1989 again, but they wish they could. They're lashing out at so many small, petty slights. They're making Trump look stable, and that's really saying something.
I think they know that a new Peoples' Revolution is coming and they know they can't stop it.
They've been banning people for years over hanging out with the Dalai Lama. This isn't a sign of anything.
Yes it is. It was never like this before. Hanging out with the Dali Lama is a lot different from hitting star on a tweet. They're unhinged.
They murdered 2500 students in the street for wanting freedom, but you think banning a Twitter user from the county is finally a sign of them slipping? What's wrong with you?
