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[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I have family in adjacent, politically similar countries. Most likely, you're a white person with no connections to Asia who likes to project fantasies on it, which is why you're on .ml.

It's a Liberal concept, not a Western one. Tudor England or whatever worked the same way before the age of revolutions. As did everything else all the way back to prehistory, more or less.

[–] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have family in adjacent, politically similar countries

I got my answer, thank you very much.

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No, you got called out on basically being a left-themed orientalist, and now want to run away.

[–] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah yes, the old "I own a book" defense. Or maybe the "I'm also vaguely non-Western" defence (maybe you have Tatar heritage?). Either way, you are what you pretend to hate.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most likely, you’re a white person

Robin DiAngelo in the chat, trying to make labor issues about race again

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean, you can argue with .ml about political philosophy or economics, but it's a waste of time because that's not their real motive. You might as well argue rocketry with a moon landing denier.

"These places you have funny ideas about are real places to me, and they're not like that" is more productive. They can either actually engage, or run away to protect themselves.

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

I also have a girlfriend in another school, what a coincidence!