China bars celebrities from showing off wealth and 'extravagant pleasure' on social media

This is an interesting article and it shows why China's socialist credit system is appealling to TPTB. It's a way to control behavior and control resources.

China bars celebrities from showing off wealth and 'extravagant pleasure' on social media, saying pop stars must comply with 'core socialist values'

Celebrities in China can no longer post "unethical" content, the country said Tuesday.

This includes content that "shows off wealth" and "extravagant pleasure," the notice said.

The move is part of the Chinese government's crackdown on the entertainment industry and fandom.

Celebrities in China can no longer "show off wealth" or "extravagant pleasure" on social media, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced Tuesday.

Both celebrity and fan-club accounts must "follow public order and good customs, adhere to correct public opinion orientation and value orientation, promote socialist core values, and maintain a healthy style and taste," China's internet-regulation agency said in a statement.

The announcement follows the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on the country's growing entertainment industry as officials push back against celebrity scandals and online fan groups it says cause social disorder.

Access to global apps such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube is blocked in China, so users rely on domestic sites subject to censorship, such as Weibo, Renren, and Youku.

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China's emergence is happening pretty fast economically and military wise.

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China's wealth went from 7 trillion in 2020 a year before it joined the WTO to 120 trillion in 2020.

I'm starting to think TPTB favor China's mix of communism and capitalism over America and freedom. They can hoard resources even more and climate change fanatics can control people's behavior. We're one pandemic away from turning into China. If they unleash another pandemic with a higher death rate, then game over. They have the blueprint to lock everything down in a few days and this time when things reopen China's social credit system will be in place.

Look, China is right when it says social media is deleterious to the social order but that's freedom. If people want to watch cat videos all day and tweet about going to the store, then they have the right to do so.

Social media does have a dark side that's very corrosive. It can lead to depression and despair for the younger generation and it's sexually injurious and turns people into zombies that scroll all day.

Look at Tik Tok. It's basically squid games. I couldn't believe a movie so violent was number 1 in the world for so long in the world. I didn't watch it after I read the horrible description of the film. But Tik Tok basically has all of these challenges and some of them can be dangerous like slap a teacher.

You can see why Tik Tok is a company in China but it isn't allowed in China. They use Douyin which is a tamer version of Tik Tok.

Will this give China an advantage? Honestly, I think so but the question is how much of an advantage.

a reply to: neoholographic

I have no love for China, but I don't think it's such a bad thing for people to stop showing their wealth off on social media. All it does is make plenty of people go into debt by trying to emulate them and it also gets many of the less fortunate all wound up with jealously. That's part of why the socialist voters are all whining about us paying our fair share. If it wasn't all over social media, then they wouldn't really know what they are missing out on.

a reply to: tamusan

Lol I wonder if modern American rap music is banned in China too?

They cozied up to Hollywood and sports to get Trump out. The truce is now over. Not getting in their market. No Netflix, no NBA, tech companies banned or restricted. Any movies will have to be heavily edited so not ever worth it. Suckers. We tried to warn them. They refused to listen.

a reply to: Brotherman

You caused me to look it up and I found that they banned it in 2018. The article mentions that the official reason for why they banned it was because "lyrics about using drugs is a major reason, but other “vulgar” topics covered by rap that ruffles Big Brother’s feathers may include sexual content and misogyny as well." But the article also pointed out how rap often has anti-authority themes which probably gets the CCP's panties in a wad.

China bans rap music in an effort to reduce vulgar culture

originally posted by: Brotherman
a reply to: tamusan

Lol I wonder if modern American rap music is banned in China too?

Only if it includes violent or sexual content, drug use, bad language, or if it encourages social unrest.

To be honest, most Chinese aren't interested in English language rap music anyway.

originally posted by: tamusan
a reply to: Brotherman

You caused me to look it up and I found that they banned it in 2018. The article mentions that the official reason for why they banned it was because "lyrics about using drugs is a major reason, but other “vulgar” topics covered by rap that ruffles Big Brother’s feathers may include sexual content and misogyny as well." But the article also pointed out how rap often has anti-authority themes which probably gets the CCP's panties in a wad.

China bans rap music in an effort to reduce vulgar culture

These days most censorship in China is about sex, dugs and gambling. More porn and gambling sites get taken down in China than political ones.

What's the point of social media than!

Hiding wealth inequality doesn't make it stop existing. It doesn't make their economy any more socialist, it simply hides how heavily they still rely on capitalism and global trade. Sure, many of the stupid laws China enforces may help with "social stability", but those laws also suck all the fun and freedom out of living. This is the exact same reason I've always been against things like "sugar taxes" when they are pushed under the guise of "improving public health". People should be able to eat unhealthy foods if they wish, or play video games all day long, even if those choices destroy their quality of life. They always use phrases such as protecting the "public order" and the "greater good". It's easy to claim only a psycho would argue in support of obesity, because our kids must be healthy and get a good job so they can contribute to society.

However, I would even argue against high taxes on drugs such as alcohol and cigarettes, because the people who are often most addicted to those drugs are in the lowest wealth brackets, and they are unlikely to give up their addiction even if it requires them to spend all their money on it. I know this for a fact because I've seen in happen in Australia, where we now have the highest cigarette taxes in the world. If I want to sit down to enjoy a glass of whisky, a cigar, and a greasy burger, I should have that liberty. I shouldn't have a nanny state government limiting my decisions and deciding what is best for me. In principle it seems ethical, it seems like a nanny state government is for the "greater good", but few would willingly choose to live in an authoritarian place like NK or China because they destroy the human spirit by trying to enforce their utopia.

Black Mirror conveyed that point exceptionally well in their episode about social credit systems. Consider this; the USA is often criticized by tourists because the food packaging and serving sizes are so much bigger than most other places in the world. One has to ask the question, what allows Americans to afford that sort of living standard, why is the price of food and other commodities often much cheaper in the USA compared to other places in the world? A prosperous society will become fat and lazy, but a society which is too fat and lazy will become its own undoing, reversing that prosperity and teaching them an important lesson. It's an important lesson about life in general, but it doesn't validate nanny statism. China is at the opposite extreme, where they are overly obsessed about upholding the social order, which will be their undoing.