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  • We Need to Stick Together!

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  • I'm not a tankie

    Fair enough, I was being a bit obtuse with this one. Apologies.

    China is far less imperialistic that the US and Russia.

    Agree. Of the 3 China (at the moment) is the least imperialistic.

    Just to be clear, we're distinguishing between socialism and communism, right?

    Nope. I mean what I said. The wealth inequality is massive, similar to the US. The work rights are pretty crap, similar to the US (maybe even worse, though I wouldn't want to say that authoritatively)

    Having a capitalist market economy is kinda antithetical socialism, no? Well, at least what they currently have, with the excessive wealth people have been allowed to amass, on the backs of the working class who have shared in a much, much smaller fraction of the wealth they have generated.

    They have a lot of state owned and run companies, many of which don't have the primary aim only to make a profit (love this), but this doesn't change the fact that the class system is in full swing there, and is permitted by the government.

    Pressuring officials and rich people to be less austentatious isn't exactly taking away the power people have due to their excessive wealth.

    It's been decades, I think they've let enough people get rich first (though I disagree that this was necessary - the letting people get excessively wealthy part, not the reform in general), it's about time they do SOMETHING to curb wealth inequality (they won't though, because this would cause an uproar from the wealthy, as is the case in other countries)

    They don't have a true union movement, all unions must be part of the party. Strikes are done, but very rarely and in spite of the unions, and they are barely tolerated by the authorities. There is very little, if any, difference between how much workers there have a say in their workplace compared to other capitalist countries.

    They don't have meaningful power over government policy. That's handed down from on-high from the party elite (yes, with some minor consultation). China is not democratic, and in my view socialism must have workers democracy, by definition, though perhaps some will disagree with this. (But to me saying the word socialism implies rule of the workers, and that is definitely not what is happening in China)

    Hope that clears things up about my opinion, and thanks for not responding to my inflammatory comment with more of the same. Sorry for my candor on this one.

  • Venezuela’s interim leader defies Trump and calls Maduro the ‘only president’

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  • I stand corrected, forgot about that detail!

  • Venezuela’s interim leader defies Trump and calls Maduro the ‘only president’

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  • Holy balls.

    Really hoping the Americans realise they need to rise up like yesterday. The world is so screwed. The US is far, FAR more militarily powerful than Nazi Germany ever was.

    :(

  • Venezuela’s interim leader defies Trump and calls Maduro the ‘only president’

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  • This whole comment is strawmanning me.

    Do you understand the difference between De Jure and De Facto?

    Yes.

    Taiwan is de jure a part of China but it is a de facto an independent country. China has an authoritarian government that gets butt hurt over every little thing. So the One China policy is all about them "saving face".

    Yes, but more accurately, the official government position in Taiwan, that there is one China and they're the legitimate government, is a historical hangover. The One China policy from the mainland is also a historical hangover, difference is that because they have the bigger stick now, they reckon they can take over, by force or political/economic coercion.

    I don't disagree with you that the mainland government is authoritarian.

    Maybe read up on strategic ambiguity as well if you want to be more knowledgeable about the subject.

    You're really just reading what you want to read to be able to call me an idiot. I am aware of what this is, and didn't mention it in my comment because the original comment was specifically about Taiwanese claims on mainland China. Not writing a holistic comment on everything.

    TLDR, Taiwan is a country. A lot of diplomacy is about piling on layers upon layers of bullshit, because bullshit is preferable to war. But unless you're working for a country as a diplomat, there's no need for bullshit... Taiwan is a country

    This is the reason you've strawmanned me, because you're ready to fight with anyone who says it's not a country which I never said. I tend to agree that Taiwan is a country. It's got its own government, and its own territory and existed that way for decades. But that's just my opinion, and because of history the status IS UNDETERMINED because part of the current definition of being a country is that other COUNTRIES recognise you as a country. Again, I also believe it functions de facto as it's own country - don't get triggered.

    The people in Taiwan have far more democratic freedom than in the mainland (in my view) - well, with the caveat is that capitalism is inherently undemocratic.

    All I originally said was that the official ROC government position is that there is one China, and Taiwan is part of China, that the government in Taiwan claims to be the legitimate government of. This is a statement of fact, not my opinion...

    That, and that OPINIONS OF THE PEOPLE THERE VARY. Trying to paint them as a monolith is propaganda.

    Yikes... Please chill before you decide to strawman someone who isn't even arguing against you.

  • monrule doctrine

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  • Thanks for sending this through

    This is gonna sound harsh, but if the Facebook is active but the website isn't, then I'm probably not gonna bother.

    I'm organising within my union in conjuction with other left leaning orgs (don't wish to share which one for privacy).

    Really appreciate your work in sharing these resources though and taking the time to find the archive links and emails for those interested.

  • This photo was taken at the White House Protest against the current American Venezuela War

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  • Seems to function mostly as a like/dislike button combined with whether a post/comment should be more/less popular.

    What I meant here is that the commenter seemed to be implying we should only focus on the soldiers who carried out the order.

  • This Is a Blatant Illegal Act of War Against Venezuela by Trump | Common Dreams

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  • Oh, but haven't you considered the shareholders of the refineries previously set up to refine the type of oil found in Venezuelan reserves?

    The poor share holders want to make more money.

  • Survival skills

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  • This whole piece is un-australian for exposing a great Australian past time.

    This video should be removed for national security (to protect our fun).

    Luckily most visitors to our country won't see this video ;)

  • This photo was taken at the White House Protest against the current American Venezuela War

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  • Yes? But also, he did order it.

    I think the downvoted are because we don't know what you're trying to say.

  • Venezuela’s interim leader defies Trump and calls Maduro the ‘only president’

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  • What? Could you link me the quote for that. 100 million? Surely this can't be a number they said.

    There is no way 1/3 of the population are there illegally (their justification for removing them), right?

    May the multiverse gods have mercy on our timeline...

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  • I think you're showing your lack of knowledge on the subject with this comment.

    It's well-known that both governments claim sovereignty over all of China, and both include Taiwan as part of that. Just this is claimed less strongly when the KMT aren't in power.

    Many people on the island want the status quo, or independence, but others also want some form of reunification. Opinions are varied.

    The official position still is that there is one China. (The government in Taiwan even claims the 9 dash line in the south China sea lol)

  • Woops

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  • Back in my day, whoops had an h, which was the style at the time.

    Edit: english doesn't have a spelling system. So this is perfectly acceptable

  • monrule doctrine

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  • The difference is Trump is not even bothering with the pretence lol

  • monrule doctrine

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  • Great frogs think alike ❤️

    Just letting you know the Australia link seems to be broken.

  • Safe from AI

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  • Calvin and Habs need to make a new episode of gullible judge

  • We Need to Stick Together!

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  • China isn't socialist though, I'm sick of both tankies and right wingers many pretending that it is.

    Edit: being less of a dick about differing opinions.

  • AOC Slams Operation To Capture Maduro: 'It's About Oil And Regime Change'

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  • Journalists are the number 1 cause of semantic bleaching it seems

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    The US is really good at hide and seek

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  • Apologies for that. Unless a mod asks me to remove I'm gonna leave it for now

  • Things ChatGPT told a mentally ill man before he murdered his mother

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  • You can bet this training data was scraped from depraved recesses of the internet.

    The fact that OpenAI allowed this training data to be used*, as well as the fact that the guard-rails they put in place were inadequate, makes them liable in my opinion.

    *Obviously needs to be proven, in court, by subpoena.