God you people are predictable. The second people call you out you scream “lib”.

The funny thing is for all your spleen venting John Oliver has undoubtedly done more to advance the goals of the American left than you ever have. He has introduced basic left wing talking points about race, the economy, history, societal structures and the deep systemic flaws within and made them palatable and easy to understand for the average American citizen (amazingly the average American is not a Twitter Bolshevik).

I actually credit John Oliver with helping me become more left. Because of his videos on the subject I wanted to learn more left wing things and I discovered Lindsay Ellis, then Shaun, then from Shaun Contrapoints and from her Three Arrows and then philosophy tube and Some More News, renegade cut. All because a funny comedian met me where I was at and got me interested in politics.

(I can't wait for you to explain to me how all those people are actually sucky sellout libs).

If you actually want leftist goals to succeed you have to convince the average person to adopt leftist beliefs and that means conversing with them on their level.

I seriously don’t understand what wannabe revolutionaries like you sneering and sniping at people online and demeaning them and calling them shitty libs actually accomplishes.

Do you think they’ll stick around and listen to your brilliant theory analysis after you basically told them to go fuck themselves?

Is it praxis to be on par with a dead pigs rotten asshole in terms of charisma and charm?

Or are you actually seriously delusional enough to think that there are enough of you and you are well organised enough to bypass electoralism all together and have a revolutionary war?

(🎵DOOONT STOP BELIEEEEVIN’🎵)

But whatever you think, as you are now you are not the solution to the lefts problem, rather you are an annoying parasite that alienates fence sitters, causes infighting and validates right wing narratives.

And the only reason you do it is entirely for selfish reasons. So that you get to feel intellectually and ethically superior to others.

Grow up and leave the tankie larping to the playground!

  • volkvulture [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    There are no crimes against humanity occurring, nor are there any proven to be occurring. I would say that you erring on the side of "China bad" is wrong here, and reveals deeper-seated biases on the face of it

    Yes, the CIA is bad, and whether you're 100% convinced or not is immaterial in the context of admitting that the CIA tailors foreign news stories & stokes unrest and insurrectionary separatist splinter cells in foreign countries. Whether you think it's combative that someone is skeptical of your doubling-down even after admitting Zenz' lies & CIA meddling, I think you need to examine more closely here

    https://qz.com/1954520/china-says-it-saved-uyghur-women-from-being-baby-making-machines/

    Offering family planning & women's healthcare in these historically underdeveloped region is a sign of modernity & uplift extended to these places. To assume it's something else is to against err on the side of feudalistic backwardness rather than real social cohesion & integration of these people's into the unified whole.

    CPC has sovereign control in the places & those People have to manage their own affairs. I will err on the side of China's unity & stability as PRC has always been a multi-ethnic & multi-national polity.

    The CIA intervenes in a major way. You admit that. Nothing else really matters without any evidence.

    I don't think you intend to be hateful in your remarks, but reverting back to anti-communist bias without any real evidence of "crimes" in Xinjiang (outside of Salafi jihadist violence) is not Leftism or nuance or even-handedness. It's just a kneejerk reaction & "Otherization" of the specific context in PRC