China and Vietnam May Have Cracked The Perfect Recipe for Digital Complacency

We’re fish in a digital aquarium, trapped by surveillance and privacy apathy. China and Vietnam use this resignation to tighten control, stifling activism and normalizing monitoring. Can we still dream of oceans, or is the tank our new reality?

Imagine you’re a fish who’s given up on the idea that a fishing net is escapable. You’re not even swimming for freedom anymore—you’ve accepted the net as an inevitable part of life.

Now, the ocean itself has been replaced by one giant, government-controlled aquarium, and you’re not just a fish but also a fish with an ID tag glued to your fin. That’s what living in today’s tightly regulated digital ecosystems feels like. At least that is only what the Chinese would feel.

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