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by xtian 5y ago
> Were they actually trying to play a better role beyond basic technocratic guidance, China wouldn't be a 2nd larger economy today, but a 1st one, and by a large extend. You know China is on track to surpass the US’ GDP in the 2030s
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I'm trolling? No, I'm being completely genuine. The present-day Democratic Party is objectively more right-wing, authoritarian, and nihilistic than it was 50-60 years ago.
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> It’s because we have only two major political parties and one of them has increasingly right wing authoritarian and nihilistic tendencies. You mean the Democrats?
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Anyone who has reverence for the US intelligence apparatus is not on the left. They're liberal totalitarians and Western chauvinists.
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It generally doesn’t go well for anyone who tries to do something about it.
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It’s seemed pretty relevant to a lot of people in this thread. Your general tone is aggressive. I’m curious if you can quote anywhere where I’ve made it clear I’m an activist. That’s not how I think of myself. I’m posting on a computer prog
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Engage with my evidence or admit that you can’t.
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You can honestly look at this map of US military bases surrounding China and say it’s unreasonable to frame the US as the aggressor? https://www.wsws.org/asset/614e577a-e542-46f7-b838-fbf522495...
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I am a natural born US citizen of primarily German descent. I have zero connection to China, any Chinese institutions, or any Chinese nationals. I asked this extremely aggressive zepto person what proof they would accept of that, and I got
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Why are you ignoring all the information I've posted after brow-beating me for it?
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I reject all your premises. How would it be more persuasive to take a weaker position?
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What proof do you want?
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The US removed this organization’s terrorist designation and is now promoting them as the voice of the oppressed Uyhgur people. I’m not trying to draw any equivalence.
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What are the people claiming there’s a genocide doing?
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I do care about the people in Xinjiang so I don’t dispute the Western claims lightly. I looked into them extensively before taking any stance. It was one of the first questions I had when I started trying to learn more about China. I have c
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What would be more persuasive?
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> Because your claim is that the US is lying about Xinjiang and your argument is based solely on its political interest and its reputation. No it’s not. Here’s some more evidence: https://twitter.com/asatarbair/statu
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Oh ok. Let me state China’s political interest: to not have their political sovereignty violated and be carved up by Western powers.
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Of course they do? I was being sarcastic about “CCP propaganda” but I guess you didn’t watch them so you didn’t get it. Where have I said that only one side has political interests?
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Why do I need to say something bad about China? I’m a US citizen. That’s the only country I have any chance of impacting through criticism.
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The US considered ETIM a terrorist organization before they became useful got reframed as freedom fighters: https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/p...
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There’s plenty of evidence here: https://www.qiaocollective.com/en/education/xinjiang It’s up to you whether you think it casts reasonable doubt on the claims of US corporate-owned media.
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Really? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apology_Resolution
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There are plenty of reports that conflict with those coming out of the US media, and plenty of conflicts of interest (at the very least) in the sources of those reports. What do you make of these two pieces of CCP propaganda? https:/&
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What do “Russians, north Koreans , Egyptians ,.. ,” have to do with Xinjiang?
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You left out Julian Assange, the Puerto Rican people, the Hawaiian people, the people of Okinawa, all the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, the Native Americans…
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I’m implying that maybe given the US’ history in the Middle East, its claims about the treatment of Muslims should be taken with one or more grains of salt.
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I get downvoted for posting undisputed facts that conflict with Western narratives. I would get downvoted even more for my actual analysis. I do like how often people seem to think that the only reason someone might contradict Western narra
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Regurgitating the pre-packaged US line
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Well NATO-aligned countries seem to be the only ones claiming that it’s true. There’s a pretty clear pattern in US history. Or are you still hoping for Saddam’s WMDs to show up to justify the fact that due to the US’ use of depleted uranium

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