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The press and capitalism (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] LeLachs@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is literally an example of what happens when there is no free press at all. Sure it may be flawed but the alternative is waaay worse. I'm not saying that the US did not partake in it, just that the UDSSR did it so much worse

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, you didn't really say any of that, just linked to a wiki page about censorship in the USSR

[–] LeLachs@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Fair enough