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Cowbee [he/they]

@ Cowbee @lemmy.ml

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Actually, this town has more than enough room for the two of us

He/him or they/them, doesn't matter too much

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  • No? You made up claims and I disproved them. Simple as that.

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  • Why is it illegal to form a union in China?

    It isn't, it just must be a part of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to ensure that no "independent unions" can be wielded by the west or by capitalists to undermine socialism.

    Why does the PRC constitution guarantee freedom of the press but journalists require a liscense? [Bonus: how can you quantify a requirement like “journalist ethics”?]

    To ensure journalists aren't spreading western disinformation to de-legitimize the state and foment instability, as has happened time and time again in other countries.

    Why is the number of executions in China a state secret?

    For similar reasons as the prior two.

    Edit: Why not respond? You said they were icebreakers, I don't see how editing your comment to essentially add a soyjack meme furthers any of your goals.

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  • Why does it matter? I've said so before, so it isn't really a secret, but what is the purpose?

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  • Being capable of carrying a conversation is evidence of indoctrination?

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  • Nah, he's probably in Pyongyang right now

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  • Yep, that's also true!

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  • Can you elaborate for the crowd what specifically I said is delusional? Do you think the critiques I have are actually good things? Do you think they didn't actually happen?

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  • Great talk.

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  • Modlog link? I maintain that critique based on disinformation isn’t valid critique, so it depends on what you said.

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  • Liberals really do think the DPRK is literally Mordor in real life.

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  • No I don’t. OP did when they hoped for increased militarism.

    I'm OP, and no I didn't make that claim. I used "millitant" to refer to taking an active role, rather than a passive one. That's why I said you assumed all intervention is violent based on my use of the word millitant.

    No I don’t. Foreign military adventures are not always imperialism.

    But you did. You said millitant intervention leads to imperialism.

    You’re starting to get to what I was claiming, which is that unchecked power backed by ideology convinced of its moral, ethical or political superiority will eventually aim to spread itself, likely through violence, military or otherwise. Marxism is no different, and the implementation of it in China is not showing any moral superiority beyond what I’ve seen in history from any other soon to be superpower, colonial or otherwise. We’ll soon see how that plays out in Taiwan I’m sure, which will be the next example of China’s ‘beneficence’.

    This is idealism, though, and is based more on the supernatural than the material. By claiming that no ideology can actually be genuinely anti-imperialist, you treat anti-imperialism as something unknowable, beyond the material, and therefore the realm of the supernatural. Materialism teaches us that there is nothing truly unknowable, while your reasoning relies on some grand "human spirit" to explain your insistence that ideology inevitably turns to imperialism.

    I admit I didn’t read anything past your three points because your first two interpretations of my claims didn’t impress me (so I’m not really interested in how you rebut the claims you made up) and moreover this entire exchange with everyone has been insulting and lacking in any good faith whatsoever so I’m disinclined to attempt further discussion with anyone.

    And this is why your argument is getting correctly deconstructed by everyone, you aren't actually listening and have made up your mind that you're correct.

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  • Ah, understood! Yea, seppo seems like a term for labor aristocrat.

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  • I've mentioned that the PRC is lacking in LGBTQIA+ rights (though they are improving), that population transfer in the soviet union was one of its worst crimes, that Stalin's homophobia was deeply reactionary, that I'd prefer if the PRC was more millitantly anti-imperialist than they are presently, that revisionism and mismanagement began a trend of liberalization in the USSR that contributed to its collapse, that the PRC made a huge error in backing Cambodia against Vietnam, and much more than this.

    I'm not "indoctrinated," and anyond can look at the Lemmy.ml modlog to see for themselves that you're full of shit.

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  • What's the background in that one?

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  • Every time.

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  • Usonian is another term I've heard, but it sounds even worse.

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  • I've been critical of communists and communist leaders before, I think you're confusing disinformation being removed with any and all critique being removed. Critique based on disinformation isn't valid critique.

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  • It is, though.

    So you’re not different from your opposition. For sure you’ve got the right answer, and your might will prove it.

    You aren't arguing about the answer. When we say "violence against fascists and imperialists is justified," you attack the fact that this is ideologically driven.

    It’s not about me, it’s about the principle you’re espousing. Also you don’t know anything about me, and presuming you do does nothing for your position.

    This argument, again, is saying principles are incapable of being good.

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  • believe a Marxist regime is immune to abuse of power

    I don't, though, and neither do other communists.

    None of you have given me any indication of good faith, and quite a few have in fact made some rather abhorrent claims about me, someone they know nothing about.

    I'd like an example, because I don't know how to discuss this otherwise.

    We should collectively take this as an indication that there is no discussion to be had here.

    I don't see evidence that that's the case. I understand that you feel attacked by Marxists, but I don't see what you mean by that practically.