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If it is a well known fact you can cite it easily, lmao
If it is a well known fact you can cite it easily, lmao
Do you have any evidence that the man was “disappeared” or are you just projecting how your own country would have handled the situation onto China?
I’m old enough to have seen the video of him having a convo with the commander of the lead tank, and then leaving the situation unharmed.
I feel like you’re trying to argue when I’m trying very clearly to communicate,
“Your comments will be moderated if you keep using the word authoritarian”
Okay, but do you see what I am trying to communicate?
Use different language that isnt connected to a holocaust trivialization attempt.
Okay, well say those things instead then.
What are you trying to describe?
I would look to historians like Dovid Katz and search for “double genocide theory”, I would not like to make this an argument.
Please change your language when posting in the comm. “Authoritarian” and “totalitarian” are not useful descriptors and are historically connected to trying to equate the USSR and nazi Germany in order to do holocaust trivialization.
Yo, define authoritarian in a way that doesn’t include western bourgeois democracies or find a different word
The whole “authoritarian” nonsense has its roots in holocaust trivialization attempts in countries that collaborated with the nazis.
This is good for the dprk, the US still runs massive mock invasions to force them to spend massively on their military, this plus the nukes makes them a lot less precarious, especially with dedollarization too.
These folks would be like “here is how Hitler can still win” in 1945
That is the current situation, Ukraine with its alliances are still gradually losing militarily
I can feel the harm reduction
I think it came closer to democracy as an ideal than any capitalist one tbh, especially before destalinization and the entrenchment of the bureaucracy that came with it.
Also the world isn’t sliding toward fascism, that is just the US led imperial core as their power over the rest of the world slips. Plenty of places are freeing themselves right now, look to the west African confederation
You need to review the definition of whataboutism.
Also, nice to see you glossed over “muslim delegations that went say there isn’t a genocide”
I feel like reading through that just makes it feel like the USSR was more democratic back then than we are now.
Countries within the capitalist system which are underdeveloped through violence and coercion in order to be able to extract a higher surplus value extraction to constant capital ratio for capitalists is the gist of it.
Please let me know if there are any terms or concepts I should break down further. (Earnest)
Honestly it sounds like you’re just coping by suggesting this argument:
Imperialism is the main contradiction of our era. China presenting a viable alternative to US/European hegemony and helping to usher in a multipolar world is a major accomplishment that will improve global wellbeing.
Isn’t:
Rational- it is, the argument is based on an understanding of anticolonial and multipolar theory. If you’d like to learn Id suggest starting off with “wretched of the earth” and “imperialism the highest stage of capitalism” before moving on to more modern stuff
On topic- you were complaining about China doing bad shit without getting into specifics, I said “yeah, like (examples of massive accomplishments)” and then I mentioned that they were helping erode a unipolar imperialist system. I think helping to erode a unipolar imperialist system is a big accomplishment and fits into the topic.
Good faith- I don’t see how I’ve given any indication that I’m not being earnest in my beliefs.
Moving goalposts- i really don’t know how to respond to this, where do you think I initially placed them, and where do you think I moved them to?
The periphery. Basic term if you’ve read anything serious on capitalism and how it functions in the world.
Hey, please avoiding words like totalitarian and authoritarian. They’re often used to make a false equivalence between fascist and socialist projects.
Horseshoe theory is ultimately rooted in holocaust trivialization.