“Far from paradise” seems pretty generous for what i perceive as a dystopian nightmare state. they are cut off from outside information. there is retribution on families if ppl try to leave. also, you can’t leave. this is insanity. outside forces don’t make them behave that way.

Xi: whether that popularity is real or not is a question, though, when he can push for the suppression of dissent or critique in the social sphere. one CAN’T challenge him. that doesn’t seem legitimately representative.

i’m looking over your reading list. we can add that to the list. but there’s a reason i block hexbear and lemmygrad but not .ml. tankies fucking suck and i Socialism will never be taken seriously as long as it’s important to ppl to defend fucking Stalin.

@Cowbee@lemmy.ml i feel like you’re dancing around the issue of authoritarian abuse and centralization of power.

you can’t seriously defend the DPRK Il regime as being good for the workers.

do you think it’s good that Xi has made himself president for life? Is that the mark of a functioning democratic system of the people?

my biggest issue with Leftists is their seeming need to defend totalitarians instead of just writing them off and admitting, “ok, yeah, they suck, but communism could still work!”

this is NOT dumb. i think the heart is in the right place. EU DOES need a Linux distro for the public sector. i’d still recommend not using RHEL/Fedora.

just never could get into D&D.

currently playing Apocalypse Keys. planning a FATE game, and Outgunned.

still, EU countries have far superior electoral systems than the US to help mitigate the rise and influence of Fascism.

And this is still the underlying cancer in America. We’re here today because Obama broke their brain.

Popular, two -term, erudite, black man as president with no scandals.

regardless of this particular story, can we stop with the “hybrid war” bullshit? it’s just war. Russia is at war with us. act accordingly.