I can’t believe in school they teach us that America was justified in dropping two nukes on civilians in Japan man what if you grew up in America you are apart of some of the most brainwashed people on the planet
i'm not sure why this blew up at all.... but alot of you have been commenting that americans have been propagandized and brainwashed. if you can see that, then you can definitely re-examine the narratives you've been fed about other countries, no?
kids are looked at as a burden because of the nuclear family structure + capitalism. if we had more communal ways of raising and caring for children, a lot of our perceptions towards children and having kids would be very different. a damn shame
China literally has 1.3 billion people and they just ended extreme poverty. I don’t know how people can say “we can never end poverty” as if it’s natural.
lol @ some of y’all not realizing that Tibet literally had slavery and feudal lords prior to communist rule also LOL @ y’all for thinking china is “occupying” a place that has been apart of their civilization since 1271 LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
in general I think Americans (even progressives/socdems) underestimate how bad their government is and overestimate how bad other governments, particularly those that don’t align with american interests, are
If you’re not anti imperialist you’re not on the left, lol. And yes, anti imperialism includes not believing mainstream narratives about countries in the global south.
since I got a lot of new followers time to scare ppl off:
China is good 🇨🇳
North Korea is even better 🇰🇵
Cuba is great, viva la revolucion🇨🇺
the USSR was a success
Electoral politics suck
you’re not getting me vote for biden so don’t even try❤️
anime is great
there is an anti imperialism carrd in my bio with T O N S of sources debunking all of this. PLEASE check that out before hopping into my mentions calling me “tankie” or “genocide denier.” otherwise leave me alone.
“no investigation. no right to speak.”
@Grendelsgrundle
i know. im still de-programming everyday and trying to reckon with the fact that other faiths are not evangelicalism, and even other branches of christianity are not evangelicalism either.
Tibet has been apart of China for longer than the US existed or even the political concept of the “West” as we know it. Just say you don’t read or never paid attention in AP world LMFAO
(blacks only) this person is talking about why she has a problem with Africans from the continent saying the n word. I think some interesting points are raised here. what do you all think?
I don’t trust people who say “violence is never the answer” not because I fetishize violence but more and more everyday I see that people have the right to defend themselves
nah but we really should have a discussion as to why matrydom/obsession with suffering as something that’s “holy” and “humbling” in the west just shows how pervasive toxic christianity is in public spheres
check out those sources in my bio or do not fucking come to argue with me. If all you’ve seen is msnbc or the guardian or whatever western media outlet DO NOT come and tell me I’m denying genocide. especially when your stupid countries go and bomb other countries for oil.
honestly im just gonna stop discussing china with people because everytime I do ppl call me a genocide denier or apologist for the CPC or something like I’m just sick of how close minded people are
ppl hate obama because he deported millions of undocumented immigrants, destablized libya completely (theres a fucking slave trade now), and expanded the endless bombing campaign. i feel as though you guys are being willfully obtuse atp
Y’all can’t get mad at Obama for being on the shade room when half of y’all don’t watch the news or know what’s going on in politics but be on the shade room knowing what celebrities did what. He’s meeting y’all where y’all at but y’all are getting upset?!?!?!?
i think deng xiopang’s reforms were appropriate for china and the material conditions it was facing at the time. if we were to build socialism in the us, an industrialized economy, we obviously would not have to undergo some of the same reforms.
ppl gotta stop centering themselves in discussions. like care about transphobia because trans ppl are human not because it personally affects u somehow?
like..... the government has been lying to American citizens about the nature of war and everything yet somebody brings up the fact that what you know about North Korea and China may be false and that’s inconceivable.... ok lol
I just think it’s so funny how “authoritarian” is only reserved for leaders who don’t do what the US wants. Like nigerian politicians ordered the military to shoot protestors and never once did the media or the government call them “authoritarian”
@J_Guilbeaux
China, Cuba, vietnam, North Korea, and Laos are all very successful examples of socialism and i would love to visit them one day. Would love to discuss marx and other figures in socialist thought if you are interested.
i said that the chinese govt helped ppl get running water and electricity and this "marxist" asked me "so you're saying capitalism is better than feudalism????"
i would consider having kids if the burden wasn’t solely on me as a woman (and my partner to some extent) and if we had childcare, education, healthcare etc
marxist agnostics/skeptics/atheists who are poc are able to have nuanced views of religion despite having colonizers force their religion/ideas down our throats yet white marxists come on here everyday and make stupid surface level analysis “religion bad” 🙄🙄🙄
love how British ppl exported their nasty ass homophobic/transphobic ideas of gender/sexuality to large swaths of the African continent and now wonder outloud, “omg why do these african countries have homophobic laws we are so progressive.”
carl zha is so hilarious when he’s debating these china watchers, the video I was watching yesterday the first thing he asked the person was like, “so when did you get into professional china watching?????”
the American government has been straight up lying about other countries since 1783 but people just blindly believe them when it comes to countries that threaten its interests 😭😭 its hard to shake this