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bwv848yesterday at 8:06 AM3 repliesview on HN

How totalitarian is exactly totalitarian? I asked chatgpt and it gave few points

- Control goes beyond politics

- A single, all-encompassing ideology

- No meaningful private sphere

- Mass mobilization and propaganda

- Extensive surveillance and repression

Seems like China is ticking all the boxes.


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MetaWhirledPeasyesterday at 4:39 PM

You forgot

- No freedom of religion

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DiogenesKynikosyesterday at 1:04 PM

> No meaningful private sphere

Have you ever been to China? Everyone has their own private lives. It's no different than any other country in that respect.

In China, you rarely interact with the government in daily life. Most people are just living their lives.

drcongoyesterday at 9:25 AM

Honestly thought you were listing traits that the US has now till the last line.

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