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[+] 21 points 1 year ago (18 children)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Is it that bad over there these days?

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  • [+] 9 points 1 year ago (11 children)
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    I find it crazy that they will ban people for the most childish, petty, stupid shit. Yet will allow blatant wrecker ultras on there with zero pushback.

    It depends on the context of what is "childish, petty, stupid shit" but generally I have noticed some strange priorities and a bit of a persistent toxicity that seems to end up in fruitless struggle sessions. News thread is still great otherwise, but yeah, you aren't wrong in that I've noticed quite a shift on China recently.

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  • [+] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago

    capitalist spain and italy, by trying to hijack the efforts of the flotilla, are still doing more than china has ever done (which is nothing btw)

    Creating infrastructure throughout the Global South, selling weapons and other important goods to the resistance, bypassing US "sanctions" against Iran, etc. is "nothing"? It's entirely fair to criticize China for still trading with Israel but this is nonsense

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Has the western MLs been fully infiltrated by chinese/russian bots

    Is this a joke?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    No, no you fucking tankie China should deploy the entire military to the middle-east and use their export economy to globally project their power across the world on Israel. /s

    No, but seriously, as shitty as it sounds; I don't think China has a responsibility to do anything for Palestine, as grim and horrible as that sounds. They are not a part of the West, they have no colonial ties to Palestine from colonizer nations (meaning, you aren't from a ex-colonial nation or settler one, etc).

    They had no hand in creation or even a historical role in their creation or a part to play if you don't entirely separate the CPC from the Dynasty periods (as you should). This doesn't mean they don't feel great sympathy, nor have solidarity with Palestine. They have done much for them despite being on the other half of the world.

    "But they trade with Israel" is such a stupid fucking point when you consider how much of the world is financially and economically connected...especially when they're an export economy. I don't like XHS's posts sometimes but at least he has sense and reason behind the points that he makes.

    Any extreme or hostile move trade-wise or economically on a erratic and already hostile United States that is your major import partner could jeopardize the balance and conditions of development that are quite good for China as of now. That is their main focus and has been compared to the very different history of it's historical past when it's dynasties used to either imperialize via tributaries or conquest. There's entire books written about reflections from then and now.

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