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'The Chinese government bans all new investment in Israel' (www.ynetnews.com)
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Members of Kibbutz Hanita near Israel’s northern border are demanding $11 million from Ballet Vision, the Chinese fund that controls 80% of the Hanita Lenses plant, accusing it of refusing to exercise an option to purchase the kibbutz’s remaining shares, according to a lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv District Court.

In a response letter attached to the lawsuit, the Chinese fund said that since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country, making it impossible to carry out the option.

According to the lawsuit, in 2021 the kibbutz sold 74% of Hanita Lenses, which manufactures intraocular lenses for medical use, to Ballet Vision for $35 million. Of that sum, $25 million was paid to kibbutz members, with an additional $10 million injected into the company.

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[–] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

Your argument is still idealist, not materialist, and thus relies on supernatural explanation. Appealing to the idea of a universal human spirit that trends towards imperialism and increasing power is a supernatural explanation for why imperialism exists, and why power structures are formed. Same with the idea thay any "unchecked" ideology will "assert itself unilaterally," which itself could be a good thing!

Imperialism is caused by capitalist expansion, capital expands outward and seeks foreign markets to plunder in order to fight the tendency for the rate of profit to fall. This isn't because of "human nature" or any other vague and supernatural explanation, but because of material processes of economics.

If your arguments are restrained to the realm of the supernatural, we can't take them seriously.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    You, or at least many of the other commenters that I was responding to, believe a Marxist regime is immune to abuse of power, in particular military strength, and would never enforce its will. I disagree with that, and I don't need to invoke anything you call supernatural to hold that belief.

    You're right, if this is where we are, I'm not sure there is any discussion I would wish to have. And given the overwhelming animosity I've experienced, I'm guessing neither do you or any of the other commenters.

    None of you have given me any indication of good faith, and quite a few have in fact made some rather abhorrent claims about me, someone they know nothing about.

    We should collectively take this as an indication that there is no discussion to be had here.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    believe a Marxist regime is immune to abuse of power

    I don't, though, and neither do other communists.

    None of you have given me any indication of good faith, and quite a few have in fact made some rather abhorrent claims about me, someone they know nothing about.

    I'd like an example, because I don't know how to discuss this otherwise.

    We should collectively take this as an indication that there is no discussion to be had here.

    I don't see evidence that that's the case. I understand that you feel attacked by Marxists, but I don't see what you mean by that practically.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Well I'll be honest you seem like the only one I walk actually having a constructive discussion with, and I urge you to read some of the other replies to me that have insulted my family, suggested I'm a fascist apologist, or even told me to kill myself.

    I don't believe I've gone anywhere near that with any of my responses.

    I hope you can understand that I'm not really seeing any upside to this anymore.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    If you had actually maintained a sense of honesty when reading and replying to the original comments, then it likely wouldn't have spiraled into this. I can empathize with you feeling attacked, but from the onset you weren't interested in good-faith discussion based on how you read my comment and refused to accept any clarification.

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