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One month ban for pointing out that consumerism bad. What a shithole of a site over there on the grad.

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[-] SleepySaf@hexbear.net 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Fair point, but the comment does still feel dismissive of environmental concerns re: Shein and the like. The reason I responded is it feels like an overcorrection. Yes the imperialists are trying to malign China, but to completely cast aside any criticism that imperialists make and then imply that even leftist making that criticism have been duped feels like an overcorrection. Like, on a personal level, I feel the same way about Shein as I do Amazon, but ofc I recognize two facts:

  1. Whoever reads my comment in a vacuum doesn't know my feelings about non-Chinese companies doing the same nor how much it occupies my personal attention
  2. I am an individual participating in a system, and so I must be aware of how, even if my criticisms of Chinese companies are balanced by equal criticisms of American companies elsewhere, there is still an imbalance of focus caused by the capitalist class and its media apparatus.
[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 hours ago
[-] SleepySaf@hexbear.net 9 points 9 hours ago

Likewise, comrade

this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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