One way you can tell the "You're just noticing now?" types are full of shit is that people who actually live under repressive regimes are aware of minute gradations of bad, and keenly attuned to local fluctuations in badness.
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James Fallows
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To those helpfully writing in "You're just noticing now???" and "Why just PRC/NK comparisons?"
-On "noticing now," feel free to consult book I wrote about this 25+ years ago Breaking the News.
-"Why Chinese and NK comparisons"? We lived in China for 4+ years and followed state news there.
To those helpfully writing in "You're just noticing now???" and "Why just PRC/NK comparisons?"
-On "noticing now," feel free to consult book I wrote about this 25+ years ago Breaking the News.
-"Why Chinese and NK comparisons"? We lived in China for 4+ years and followed state news there.
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