Their default always seems to be make an investment and impose censorship without ever considering the blatant obviousness of their actions.

That's the funniest thing about countries like China, Iran, North Korea where the public aren't allowed to call out the government: The regime's bullshit is always hilariously obvious. They assume they're getting away with it because they've never been called on their bullshit by their own people. It makes the regime look ridiculous because they have no sense of their own credibility. They've lost all touch with the notion of believablility. Like Iran's "5th generation stealth fighter", or the mythology around the Kims. Totally absurd to anyone who's allowed to judge for themselves without fear of being thrown in a gulag.

Their default always seems to be make an investment and impose censorship without ever considering the blatant obviousness of their actions.

That's the funniest thing about countries like China, Iran, North Korea where the public aren't allowed to call out the government: The regime's bullshit is always hilariously obvious. They assume they're getting away with it because they've never been called on their bullshit by their own people. It makes the regime look ridiculous because they have no sense of their own credibility. They've lost all touch with the notion of believablility.