Normally they're pretty good, but man, that is a bad fucking take. Yeah, I'm sure China is going to fall apart annnnny day now because it's exactly the same as the US.

  • LibsEatPoop3 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Haven’t listened to the ep so idk. But cmon people, we’re allowed to criticise China from a leftist pov.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      3 years ago

      I personally don't think its very useful criticism to go around painting whole parties and movements as entirely cynical "authoritarian" facades who are just out to betray the working class.

      I doubt anyone thinks that people slandering all western anarchism as either actively or unknowingly being tools of the bourgeoise state against leftist movements is a useful or even valid criticism, or shit like "Oh Anarchists are all just petit-bourgeoise individualists", but either could still be argued as a "criticism from a leftist pov".

    • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      See: anticommunist Western leftists that were a gift to the CIA.

      We don't exist in a bubble and we don't have the power. Criticism of AES must be contextualized by the impact it has, whereas liberal hegemony teaches us that personal growth or accuracy or debate is all that matters.

      "Leftists" publishing on bumbling their way in support of a propagandized narrative doesn't help anyone but the US State Department.

      • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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        3 years ago

        No they're not, maybe they lean that way but if you listen regularly they're all over the place.

        • Redbolshevik2 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          They oppose all AES, they literally don't support the Intifada (which is fucking disgusting). They did "neither Palestine nor Israel"

          They're scum-sucking LeftComs.

    • winterchillie [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Chuang: https://mobile.twitter.com/RodericDay/status/1375569419926126597

      https://nitter.ca/RodericDay/search?f=tweets&q=Chuang&since=&until=&near=

      • LibsEatPoop3 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Roderic Day is okay. He provides a very biased view of things that can be good if you agree with him on the topic. But it just gets annoying if you don’t. See his views on anarchism for eg. I’d take his arguments with a grain of salt.