[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

I do deradicalisation work with men I find IRL or online, I think there's a better way for men, but they're actively pyoped into voting and acting against their own interests.

Can't express how many of them (at least in my country) point to memes like this as "see, feminism just wants to shame men, it's not about equality, I'm gonna vote for (insert Christofascist that wants Handmaiden's Tale IRL) because he 'stands up for my rights'".

The creeps that you mention don't care that you're mean to them, they also can't be convinced to change their political stance, they're irrecoverable misogynists.

Unless you plan to form an armed paramilitary of radfems (which would be cool), I see yelling about "triggered men" as a pretty bad political strategy, because it alienates exactly the guys that are on the fence and could be convinced to abandon internalised misogyny and become feminists. Feminists already don't get triggered by this, creeps don't care.

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, my fear is that European leaders will get too comfortable switching from one hegemon to the other and the root issue of the EU not being able to stand on its own without some sort of guarantor won't ever be solved.

If China is hegemon, I don't think the EU would appreciate the types of tribute they'd have to pay to Beijing

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Pretty much, China realised you can catch more flies with honey rather than vinegar, and it worked. Everyone's lining up to go to Beijing to kiss the ring, especially Europeans.

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Naporitan is my favourite Japanese food

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

There's PF Chang in China, but it's branded as an American restaurant lol

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Both based takes

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 125 points 2 months ago

Aren’t Doctors Without Borders active, and also losing doctors to IDF strikes in Gaza? What’s the complaint here?

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A recent trio of articles in Time Magazine has led to backlash in Taiwan, particularly seeing as the three articles frame current Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te as being dangerously pro-independence. The three articles are by thinktank analyst Lyle Goldstein, retired People’s Liberation Army senior colonel Zhou Bo, and Time editor Charlie Campbell.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, it never occurred to Time that a Taiwanese voice should be included in a discussion about Taiwan’s future, instead confining discussion solely to Westerners and Chinese nationals. This backlash against Taiwan proves ironic–the DPP has long been lambasted by foreign correspondents based in Taiwan for privileging Time Magazine above any other publication when it came to features, interviews, or profiles of heads of state. It is probable that the articles were released ahead of an upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in which the two will discuss Taiwan, in an attempt to influence Trump’s decision-making.

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

The demands from this admin are meant to specifically crush the spirit of the EU.

deregulate your car legislation and tear up your pedestrian friendly capitals

deregulate your food safety laws, and allow cheap US slop to destroy the traditional EU food scene (no more gruyère, you're gonna have Cheez Whiz)

deregulate your green sector, time to pump those pollution numbers up

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago

What Trump is doing makes a lot of sense. It's just standard iconoclasm.

Authoritarian regimes routinely destroy historical monuments to erase a past they oppose, promote their own ideology, and control national identity.

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago

Sooo… we only need the AfD to win in Germany to get the old gang back together? /s

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

The current Labour government believes it can revive the economy via incantation if it yells Growth 3 times in the mirror at midnight

[-] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago

I’m finally migrating from iCloud Photos to Immich next weekend. I finally have my NAS setup going

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