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← Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring
17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 22 May 1905 to 5 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about Japan .
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Read this korrent: Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring
Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring
Last stated yesterday
5 Oct 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is the party's censorship, not any lack of talent, that has made China a cultural underperformer beside Japan and South Korea. — tap to centre the map on it
It is the party's censorship, not any lack of talent, that has made China a cultural underperformer beside Japan and South Korea.
Last stated 3 years ago
23 Jan 2024
DW
Dan Wang — holds since 2024-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it
A country is primarily for its native people
Last stated a year ago
15 Sept 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
LT
Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it
American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jan 2024
AV
Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chivalry is as native to Japan as the cherry blossom and is still a living moral force there — tap to centre the map on it
Chivalry is as native to Japan as the cherry blossom and is still a living moral force there
Last stated 121 years ago
22 May 1905
NI
Nitobe Inazō — holds since 1905-05-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country. — tap to centre the map on it
Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country.
Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
BP
Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe should likely overhaul immigration to allow very easy inflow from countries whose prior immigrants show low crime rates and nearly ban inflow from high-crime ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe should likely overhaul immigration to allow very easy inflow from countries whose prior immigrants show low crime rates and nearly ban inflow from high-crime ones.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: European countries are wealthy enough to afford widespread air conditioning, comparable to Japan. — tap to centre the map on it
European countries are wealthy enough to afford widespread air conditioning, comparable to Japan.
Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jun 2026
JB
Josh Barro — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives. — tap to centre the map on it
A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
13 Sept 2026
PD
Preshit Deorukhkar — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A platform's failure to moderate or to cooperate belongs in a civil proceeding against the company before it becomes a criminal case against its founder. — tap to centre the map on it
A platform's failure to moderate or to cooperate belongs in a civil proceeding against the company before it becomes a criminal case against its founder.
Last stated 2 years ago
26 Aug 2024
MM
Mike Masnick — holds since 2024-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An independently owned platform is a necessary counterweight to the government and the mainstream media. — tap to centre the map on it
An independently owned platform is a necessary counterweight to the government and the mainstream media.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Feb 2024
BA
Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France. — tap to centre the map on it
Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: He would rather lose everything than yield to government pressure to block channels, because submitting to something fundamentally wrong breaks a person inside. — tap to centre the map on it
He would rather lose everything than yield to government pressure to block channels, because submitting to something fundamentally wrong breaks a person inside.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of what Durov is charged with is conduct almost any large platform could be accused of. — tap to centre the map on it
Most of what Durov is charged with is conduct almost any large platform could be accused of.
Last stated 2 years ago
26 Aug 2024
MM
Mike Masnick — holds since 2024-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Authoritarian governments seek to destroy or falsify public records, including digital ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Authoritarian governments seek to destroy or falsify public records, including digital ones.
Last stated 5 months ago
30 Apr 2026
AD
Anil Dash — holds since 2026-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens. — tap to centre the map on it
Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Governments are pursuing laws that seek draconian penalties for forbidden speech — tap to centre the map on it
Governments are pursuing laws that seek draconian penalties for forbidden speech
Last stated 3 years ago
15 Mar 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-15 — tap for who they are
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