I can't believe 20 of you can't appreciate a perfectly good burn despite how good or bad of an argument the slime dude was making or whatever.

  • HeckHound [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    If Chinese people are put in camps it won't be because Leftists on the internet gave critical support to China instead of utterly uncritical support.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Being complicit in the manufacture of consent in even a small way is bad. Even if we don't have big voices here, things we say can still impact individuals and groups in ways we can't predict.

      • HeckHound [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Good faith critical support from the Left is not contributing to manufacturing consent for imperialism. We can have discussions about China without having to pretend it’s a utopia.

        After all, we’re materialists, not idealists, right? If the US is forced by its internal contradictions to attack its biggest trading partner and destroy the global economy that it requires to exist, then it won’t be because some Leftists online said that China could do socialism better in some ways.