Comment by IncreasePosts

That's hard to tell. How would even know if the system is good enough at censoring? How many things have happened in Tibet or Xinjiang that we have no idea of?What would our understanding of Tiananmen square have been if a few western reporters weren't present for the events?

"There was a protest and everyone was told to go home"

Yes, it should be pretty clear what I'm doing: pushing back that on the idea that a heavily censored society is actually healthier than an uncensored or less censored one.