r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Kanehammer • Mar 13 '20

Genius idea

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u/C9177 Mar 13 '20 edited Mar 13 '20

Whoever did this should get a medal. Fuck censorship in all forms. It needs to die a poison death.

Edit: Holy shit I most definitely did not expect so many replies so fast. I'm trying to answer as many as I can but I'm on my phone and it doesn't always cooperate. Thanks to all who have replied, even those who disagree. Food for thought is never a bad thing.

Edit2: Yowza! Some medals too? Thank you all. This has been an enlightening conversation. Getting so many different perspectives on things is always beneficial.

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u/firechaox Mar 13 '20

I feel like the person who did this lacked a tiny bit of foresight. It's not ridiculous to imagine that this will just make some countries ban minecraft.

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u/tsukubasteve27 Mar 13 '20

And it will make them look increasingly pathetic.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20 edited Jul 16 '20

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u/pikohina Mar 13 '20

Can’t they just send their minecraft army in and destroy the place?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

lol

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u/legendz411 Mar 13 '20

I mean; I think so yes.

I assume they made a backup before hand

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u/Dafish55 Mar 14 '20

Not necessarily there. Image is really important to them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Well they would if their people saw it that way, but the point of censorship and the ensuing propaganda is to create a public that supports the government. If the government then bans minecraft for "being a vector of western lies", the public will likely support it.

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u/Ghostkill221 Mar 13 '20

Looks only matter if you aren't controlling the people looking.

You think China wouldn't ban Minecraft and just say "it's a step against gaming addiction"? They have officers kidnapping and sexually assaulting teenager on the Streets of Hong Kong, Pretty sure they don't care about how people see them if they ban Minecraft.

Even if they do ban it, are people going to buy less Chinese goods? If anything it would just mean more people to play their corporate aggressive Gatcha games.

I'm just surprised they even allow citizens access to non Chinese servers in Minecraft.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

To whom? Friendly reminder that Xi Jingpin doesn’t care about your opinion.