The once hilarious, once satirical, r/pyongyang subreddit is now unironically an influential bastion of Communist propaganda. Its contributors are no longer ironic or ban-posting - they are true believers, and they're indistinguishable from the moderators of most all major subreddits & the corporate overlords who tacitly support them. At this point, none even bother to pretend they believe in "free speech" as a human right.
The "you have now been banned by r/pyongyang" punchline is now far more relevant to any subreddit, thread or comment that is not sufficiently left wing (as defined by current date/time).
Reddit is "democratic" insofar as the most upvoted thread/comment makes it to the top, right? No. Around 2016, something happened. (Won't speculate here). Now every default subreddit is run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. All non-default subreddits with any level of popularity is similarly run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. If it ain't far left Tumblr leftist, it's right wing, and it shall be either annexed by a left wing mod and converted or outright banned.
I'd love to hear HN's strategy to combat this. It is truly nuts. But at this point, we all expect it.
Downvoters will legitimately truly struggle to find a reason why their censorship is better than the once satirical NK r/pyongyang censorship.
There is 0 difference in absurdity between banning posts of "Kim Jong Un does surely poop and pee" in r/pyongyang and "Men cannot get pregnant" in r/science.
They're cult members stuck. Unfortunately it's not easy to get unstuck from there.
> There is 0 difference in absurdity between banning posts of "Kim Jong Un does surely poop and pee" in r/pyongyang and "Men cannot get pregnant" in r/science.
