or maybe they are scared to say that they are oppressed because they know that the app you are talking about is heavily moderated by the government? see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaohongshu#Content_moderation_and_censorship

also see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_China

i didn't grow up in ussr, however another user who did apparently didn't have the same experience with you and there's also a wikipedia page for human rights in soviet union which also contradicts your experience: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Soviet_Union

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Ah yes, everybody in China is afraid to speak their mind. Imagine being a grown ass adult and genuinely believing that. I guess I shouldn't be surprised given that you evidently form all your opinions based on wikipedia.

Weirdly, pretty much every western study on China shows that people actually living in China see their country as being more democratic than people living in US do.

Maybe there is no conspiracy here and vast majority of people in China genuinely live happy lives, and you just can't accept that because of your biases.

Meanwhile, the user who is disagreeing with me is listing absolute nonsense as examples of supposed oppression which I already addressed in my other reply.