Because the Western media outside the GFW is full of lies and Western propaganda. Having lived through the Hong Kong 2019 riots, I know what it’s like.
The GFW is there to filter away all the distraction so that most people can stay unbothered and just go on with their lives. BTW, it is a lie that VPNs are illegal in China. That’s why you see so many what some call “bots” and “wumao” on Twitter. Those who really want to weather the waters outside the GFW are allowed to, at the tiny cost of buying a VPN. Most people don’t bother.
Only when the "diagreement" is about stuff i've experienced personally. I've lived under a communist dictatorship the first 13 years of my life so you're wasting your time.
All I can say is that I'm sorry your life sucked under that particular regime.
Not all communist regimes are the same, not even when you are talking about successions within the same country. Wen Jiabao, Xi Jinping, Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping all have different strengths, different weaknesses, different focuses.
Having travelled to many parts of China, having worked there, and knowing people from Mainland China for many years, tells me that the Chinese gov has been hugely beneficial to its people in general.
The GFW is there to filter away all the distraction so that most people can stay unbothered and just go on with their lives. BTW, it is a lie that VPNs are illegal in China. That’s why you see so many what some call “bots” and “wumao” on Twitter. Those who really want to weather the waters outside the GFW are allowed to, at the tiny cost of buying a VPN. Most people don’t bother.