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This was in our conversation with the director from the university.

And he explained how he listens to a lot of podcasts.

And there's free versions of podcasts and subscribe to versions of podcasts, much like we use Patreon for this show.

And in the subscribed versions, people have a comfort with speaking a little more freely about political issues that they don't in the public versions of the show.

And it's not that that's not accessible or policeable, because at the end of the day, if you keep poking the bear in the subscribable version, you're still gonna be held accountable somehow.

But there is a freedom of speaking in those subscribed to podcasts.

I mean, it's like us.

I talk about how hot P. Hegseth is on there.

And I'm not scared.

It's a total 180.

We just asked straight up, it was like, what's your thoughts or understanding of people being thrown in jail or facing consequences for speaking out against the government in China?

Explain to us how that actually works.

And because the government

has such an influence or control over social media platforms, which he also added is not direct control.

He basically said that the rules of the government are so broad that there's a lot of incentive for the platforms themselves to police themselves and be really specific in their terms of service and the way you can use these sites and the things you can talk about.

And the companies do a lot of the legwork of enforcing more broad rules that the government has put in place.

And then if you do overstep the line, like say I go fucking crazy across my social media platforms and I'm really critical of the government and they decide to pull the plug.

The thing is, I lose my access and my influence across all of these platforms at once.

So in the US, it's like if I get banned on YouTube, I might be able to communicate and update to my fans through my big Twitter or Instagram following.

And people can get an update of what site to jump to.