• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
    hexagon
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    9 hours ago

    Except that it's not. China's development has been overwhelmingly peaceful, and China has played a positive role around the globe helping many other nations develop and improve their standard of living. On the other hand, the US has been at war throughout all of its miserable existence, and is responsible for carrying out countless crimes against humanity around the globe. It remains the greatest threat to human existence today.

    • Vampire [any]
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      9 hours ago

      See? You could have said that instead of posting falsified maps

        • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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          8 hours ago

          the map is far more accurate than it is not though

          Come on, Yog, we can hold ourselves to a higher standard than this. It'd be so easy to just color in Vietnam and then you'd be set, but by posting it in its current form you are actively lying.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
            hexagon
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            7 hours ago

            I think there's a difference between invasion/occupation and a minor border skirmish. Like yeah it could've been more accurate, but it does get the point across. 🤷

            • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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              4 hours ago

              If I was just complaining about border skirmishes, then I'd mention India or something. The attack on Vietnam was more than just a "minor border skirmish".

              • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
                hexagon
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                3 hours ago

                Well, feel free to explain how the attack on Vietnam constitutes an occupation. Are you suggesting China's military action was carried out with the intent of annexing a part of Vietnam?

                • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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                  1 hour ago

                  Come on, you're more well-read than this. You know that military occupation and annexation are not the same thing.

        • Vampire [any]
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          9 hours ago

          One 😂😂😂 bit is the way it even uses a purer shade of white for China.

        • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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          edit-2
          8 hours ago

          Eh, I think you can illustrate your point a bit better, comrade. The map goes from good agitprop to bad when it is counterable by liberals and leftists alike. I agree with your general point on this post, so I don't think the point itself is bad, but it could be better elaborated on with an actual map that shows what it says it does. Just my opinion.

          • Vampire [any]
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            8 hours ago

            The top one is taken from a website called vividmaps where it's countries the USA has had some sort of conflict with

            List of wars being involved in is not a list of countries being invaded and occupied, nice try though.

            The bottom map is just a white map.

            Garbage meme 1/5

            • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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              8 hours ago

              Yep, it's pretty bad for agitprop, even if I agree that the PRC has had really peaceful development all things considered, and the US is a genocidal empire, this map gets in the way of that messaging.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
            hexagon
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            7 hours ago

            That's fair, I like the concept of the map hence why I shared it, but I agree it would be better if it was more accurate. Perhaps worth making a better one.