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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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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They have had ample opportunity to renounce their authoritarian bullshit. Stop the fantasy. I do not believe in good intentions looking at China's civil rights situation right now

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml -3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do you think I should study socialist/communist theory, and if so, do you have anything from https://redsails.org/ that you can recommend?

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

No, I think you should lay off the communist theory to be honest. I'm with you politically, socialism is the greatest and we should promote equal distribution of wealth, power and knowledge. But beware, ML/Tankie is like a conspiracy theory that you should be very careful not to fall into. It's not the same what the book says and what the politician waving the books did

And definitely avoid Red Sails. https://redsails.org/mission/

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also, I think you should say what you think of Marxism-Leninism (without being too critical about it) on !socialism@lemmy.ml. Seriously!

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I am very critical of it. It's authoritarian and can only lead to horrible dictatorships. This is because "the public is too dumb to decide what's good for them" is built into the ideology. You will end up with strongmen or party loyalists corrupting any good intentions there may have been in the beginning. They're going to enrich themselves and give themselves more power, every time.

New aristocracy, same as the old aristocracy

I'm going to stop here, give you the last word. Thanks!

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Are you a more libertarian socialist/council communist?

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Why NOT Red Sails?

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 9 months ago

Damn, thanks for pointing me to that wonderful mission. Definitely bookmarking this website