cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1767486

I'd be interested to hear thoughts about this discussion from Comrades in Hexbear and Lemmygrad.

  • TheBroodian [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    10 months ago

    Can you elaborate why? For my own information, not for the purposes of questioning your reasoning.

    • KiG V2@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      There was a few specific things he said that rubbed me an Ultra sort of way, I can't remember much in particular.

      I do remember specifically him and Hakim talking about China some 3-5ish years ago, which can be summed up by Hakim saying he was "hesistantly optimistic" about China and Paul chiming that he was "hesitantly pessimistic"--in context of whether or not China was actually socialist.

      Perhaps he has changed, but people who get sucked into anti-Chinese leftist spaces tend to, in my experience, get worse with time, not better. Love to be wrong though.

      • TheBroodian [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        9 months ago

        I appreciate this sentiment, I definitely prefer to be as Hakim is. Even while acknowledging China's problems, I prefer to see it as a progressive actor taking humanity in a better direction.