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Why do you think so many people on the Marxist left defend Stalinism? (quokk.au)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Is it simply over-correcting in response to western anti-communist propaganda? I'd like to think it's simply memeing for memes sake, but it feels too genuine.

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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

Awesome, thanks for letting me know! I knew it was on the decline, but solid evidence on material movements like declaring it illegal are great to see. I myself once worked a similar schedule for a while, here in the States.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Sorry to hear that.

    Something I always find interesting about people bringing up 996 and that era is that at its peak it was about as bad as Japanese work culture while being far less prevalent as a percentage of the population affected.

    Now China is putting multi year plans in place to fix it and support workers and yet is still demonised for it while Japan under the cart titan is continuing to push workers harder and doesn't get half the blowback especially among westerners.

    I understand propaganda and racism play a big part in it it's still an interesting sight to behold.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I understand propaganda and racism play a big part in it it’s still an interesting sight to behold.

    I don't know about USA. In the Europe it was met with the same disgust (for the companies and the failing country) and pity (for the affected).

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    Thanks!

    And from a western perspective, a huge amount of why Japan gets a pass even though we are aware of the abysmal working conditions is because anime is so popular here. It has a cultural strangehold among younger generations. The ROK has similar cultural exports. Media from the PRC is gradually becoming more popular, but it takes time for that to actually develop to a higher stage, development isn't something smooth as we both know, it works in leaps once the new overpowers the old.

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