Any tankies wanna take a spin on how this is actually a good thing?
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2024
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Something something Marx, Soviet era reference, reason why USA is bad, Vietnam something, never answering the direct question, personal insult goes here, ending in a leading question. Clown face emoji.
No it's s eben easier: Must be western Propaganda, Source not believable.
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Looks like the actual spin was "this is normal and happens everywhere, I see no problem".
Ah, denial and projection. Classic.
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Definitely the worst part of using Lemmy. As someone who lives in Taiwan it's quite annoying getting gaslit by a bunch of cosplayers in random threads.
Yeah. The good news is they're harmless because "we're the bad guys" has the exact opposite of mass appeal. Flat Earthers are more likely to cause real-life political change, haha.
Unfortunately, the tankies are also impeding the change we actually need (e.g. expansion of workers rights). It's harder to get involved in leftism when such a large part of vocal leftists are tankies.
I'm not really impressed with the other kind of leftist either, TBH. Anarchism is just a vague concept and the movement itself is mostly infighting. All the useful work I see being done is coming from within mainstream activism.
Workers rights activists are leftist activists by virtue of advocating for workers rights, IMO.
It's all just a 5D chess move by Dear Leader Xi. You filthy capitalist pigs won't understand.
This they will say it's the US's fault, for corrupting China with capitalism.
They'll link you to an essay that goes on forever and quotes dozens of philosophers. But it doesn't actually address your question and it is completely divorced from any real-world data.
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Love it.
I was going to say that I’m surprised Aol. news is still a thing.
I am in my mid-thirties with a very good MSc and I am working as a labourer, I am not Chinese.
If you're in the US start applying for Civil Service jobs. City, state or federal.
You won't get hired quickly, but when you do get hired you'll have a great union and solid benefits.
I'm in the UK, not a bad idea though!
I try not to be 'that American' who thinks everything works the same all around the globe.
Good luck
hopefully they don't use the historic solution of cannon fodder.
That's really rough. Looking for a job while you don't have one is miserable enough, but when the job market is that bad then it's utterly hopeless and filled with despair. The economic outlook in China is looking bad in general and it makes me wonder how much of it will reverberate across the world.
Russia will be issuing them all "work" visas soon enough.
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