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Is this imperialism by China, a country which is supposed to be left-wing? Leftists are normally anti-imperialism. Wouldn't it be better to let Taiwan democratically decide whether they want to be part of China or not?

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Dude. No.

Extreme right equates to genocide of anyone deemed unworthy.

Extreme left equates to a lot of regulations to keep any company from treating people differently based on group affiliation. Often blindly and without understanding there are exceptions. Basically a belief in left wing social progression but extreme and without an understanding of the why.

They aren't the same. At all.

[–] citizen4509@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dude yes, don't be a tankie. Soviet Union for instance was not kind to Jews, Poles, homosexuals, or people with a faith exactly the same way as Nazi Germany, just replace labour camp with gulag. They literally kept countries under Russian thumb with tanks and the second they could get freedom everyone choose independence.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You are confusing authoritarianism with social politics.

Authoritarianism can exist in both far right. Right. Center. Left. And far left.

It's independent of that aspect of political affiliation.

The Nazis weren't left. And neither was Russia.

You have an actual example of pro diversity and inclusion people killing groups they don't like?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Auth left and auth right share many similarities

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

There's no such thing as Auth Left, they're just Right Wingers in love with collectivization who tell people they're Left

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Authoritarian is independent of left or right.

It's just wanting control over people.