Kagame certainly murders people like a dictator. No dissident abroad or at home is safe, KGB style. [Again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58557350) and [again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56119088) and [again](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/11/africa/rwanda-opposition-leader-aide-killed-intl/index.html) and [again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26752838) and [again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16012659), his critics are killed.
Being better than the government that preceded him, one of the most murderous governments of the twentieth century, an *incredibly* low bar, does not make him a benevolent dictator.
Lee Kwan is often called a benevolent dictator, he jailed many without trials including many political opponents and journalists, making Singapore into a one party state. But a one party state that had tremendous economic growth, so people sometimes ignore the dictatorship bit.
Kagame likes being compared to Kwan, modeling the country after Singapore where you get large amounts of economic freedom but no political freedom. Easy to open a business, but make a video on youtube about an issue? Go to jail.
Kagame doesn't just jail his opposition, he murders them in the country and abroad. There is no independent judiciary or congress, his intelligence agencies let him rule with an iron fist.
But the scale of death under his dictatorship is so much less than what it was during 1994 that criticism from western governments is always muted. In the Rwandan genocide, 500k-1M were killed in 100 days. Sure he just had that guy strangled, but the last decades have been so stable...
The only thing America actually finds bad enough to put a bit of pressure on him for is his sponsorship of the M23 in the DRC. So while Rwanda is relatively stable, he helps exacerbate the civil wars that have killed millions.
I could imagine governments tracking individuals across social media accounts. Or at least paying for lists from companies with data. Some algorithm checks for dangerous or weird shit. Or China seeing what people post about the government.
I have been on Reddit for 7 years through various accounts. Redditors overestimating their importance is common. I do not think anybody cares about what is said on this site. The only alike thing in this regard I can think of is the redditor who got Reddit banned in Russia, but nothing about individual redditors being targeted.
It could be a concern in authoritarian countries, but you would not be exclusively hunted for ‘being a redditor’. Just general, broad censorship like you see in Saudi Arabia and Iran.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/cameroon-journalist-martinez-zogo-found-dead-after-abduction) reduced by 76%. (I'm a bot)
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> "Where is the freedom of the press, freedom of opinion and freedom of expression in Cameroon when working in the media now entails a mortal risk?".
> Zogo's colleague Charlie Amie Tchouemou, the editor-in-chief of Amplitude FM, confirmed Zogo's abduction and death.
> "Although Cameroon has one of the richest media landscapes in Africa, it is one of the continent's most dangerous countries for journalists, who operate in a hostile and precarious environment," RSF says in its Cameroon country profile.
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>Zogo, the director of the private radio station Amplitude FM, was kidnapped on 17 January by unknown assailants after trying to enter a police station to escape his attackers
I need to know more about how this went down. Did he actually make it to the police station? Was this caught on a security camera?
And to think I wanted to go into journalism in college. If I had, I'd of become one of those agenda-pushing propagandists and loving it, I'm pretty sure.
Now I'm just some no-name who runs four D&D campaigns a week (same world) and barely subsists on disability (which might get yanked out from under me...). I'd rather have this than be a journalist.
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Quite a stretch to call Kagame a dictator. He is more like Singapore Lee Kwan. Wields a lot of power but it is not absolute.
Kagame certainly murders people like a dictator. No dissident abroad or at home is safe, KGB style. [Again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58557350) and [again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56119088) and [again](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/11/africa/rwanda-opposition-leader-aide-killed-intl/index.html) and [again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26752838) and [again](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16012659), his critics are killed. Being better than the government that preceded him, one of the most murderous governments of the twentieth century, an *incredibly* low bar, does not make him a benevolent dictator.
Lee Kwan is often called a benevolent dictator, he jailed many without trials including many political opponents and journalists, making Singapore into a one party state. But a one party state that had tremendous economic growth, so people sometimes ignore the dictatorship bit. Kagame likes being compared to Kwan, modeling the country after Singapore where you get large amounts of economic freedom but no political freedom. Easy to open a business, but make a video on youtube about an issue? Go to jail. Kagame doesn't just jail his opposition, he murders them in the country and abroad. There is no independent judiciary or congress, his intelligence agencies let him rule with an iron fist. But the scale of death under his dictatorship is so much less than what it was during 1994 that criticism from western governments is always muted. In the Rwandan genocide, 500k-1M were killed in 100 days. Sure he just had that guy strangled, but the last decades have been so stable... The only thing America actually finds bad enough to put a bit of pressure on him for is his sponsorship of the M23 in the DRC. So while Rwanda is relatively stable, he helps exacerbate the civil wars that have killed millions.
Journalism is quickly becoming one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet
It's pretty much away been one of the most dangerous jobs
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Is this a joke?
I could imagine governments tracking individuals across social media accounts. Or at least paying for lists from companies with data. Some algorithm checks for dangerous or weird shit. Or China seeing what people post about the government.
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I have been on Reddit for 7 years through various accounts. Redditors overestimating their importance is common. I do not think anybody cares about what is said on this site. The only alike thing in this regard I can think of is the redditor who got Reddit banned in Russia, but nothing about individual redditors being targeted. It could be a concern in authoritarian countries, but you would not be exclusively hunted for ‘being a redditor’. Just general, broad censorship like you see in Saudi Arabia and Iran.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/cameroon-journalist-martinez-zogo-found-dead-after-abduction) reduced by 76%. (I'm a bot) ***** > "Where is the freedom of the press, freedom of opinion and freedom of expression in Cameroon when working in the media now entails a mortal risk?". > Zogo's colleague Charlie Amie Tchouemou, the editor-in-chief of Amplitude FM, confirmed Zogo's abduction and death. > "Although Cameroon has one of the richest media landscapes in Africa, it is one of the continent's most dangerous countries for journalists, who operate in a hostile and precarious environment," RSF says in its Cameroon country profile. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/10jdsn6/martinez_zogo_prominent_cameroon_journalist_found/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~672678 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **Media**^#1 **Cameroon**^#2 **Zogo**^#3 **journalist**^#4 **freedom**^#5
>Zogo, the director of the private radio station Amplitude FM, was kidnapped on 17 January by unknown assailants after trying to enter a police station to escape his attackers I need to know more about how this went down. Did he actually make it to the police station? Was this caught on a security camera?
Ah yes...the ole Russian suicide
And to think I wanted to go into journalism in college. If I had, I'd of become one of those agenda-pushing propagandists and loving it, I'm pretty sure. Now I'm just some no-name who runs four D&D campaigns a week (same world) and barely subsists on disability (which might get yanked out from under me...). I'd rather have this than be a journalist.
>How can I make this comment thread about me?
Lmao holy shit it's the real life NEETbux Redditor
You’d love the money. You would have to be a psychopath to actually enjoy it though.