PlanchetteGhost

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[–] PlanchetteGhost@lemmy.world -4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (8 children)

I do think China has done some good, but it also doesn't cancel out the sketchiness. I do agree that we could learn from China, but there's also a damn good reason why their phones are banned in multiple countries. There's also a good reason why people are urging people to stop buying from fast fashion websites, which are mostly Chinese.

Please do explain to me how selling carcinogenic products worldwide (from sketchy AF factories) isn't capitalist. Explain it like I'm 5 years old, I do insist. With the way the world is going, I'm even going to use GrapheneOS for extra privacy.

Considering that China is known for its heavy censorship and is in good cahoots with Russia, it isn't racist to be suspicious. I'd be just as suspicious of a person from the USA defending Israel, so it's not like I'm not like I'm going after race. Not to mention, at least 250 people died during the Tianamen square incident. Some even estimate that thousands died, but it was at least 250 people.

I quite literally do not celebrate Canada day because it's built on top of the blood of colonialism. I am also largely not a fan of Christians and have very little patience for a lot of them.

Plus, China has billionaires. Any truly non-capitalistic country wouldn't have billionaires. Nor would they have factory workers working for 75 hours per week.

I'm not referring to any books when talking about the Gulag survivors, for the record.

[–] PlanchetteGhost@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

I care about the fact that leaders have a huge say in everything in our lives. I do not wish for a system where I must cater to the whims of whomever is in charge.

[–] PlanchetteGhost@lemmy.world -5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Dictator defenders can kiss my arse, whether they defend Hitler or Stalin. There are far cooler leftists to learn from than f**king Stalin. For example, Thomas Sankara was an actual decent person. Not to mention, the fact that former colonies of the USSR flinch at the word "communism" indicates that he wasn't doing it correctly.

[–] PlanchetteGhost@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago (30 children)

I'm leftist but I am the first to admit that Stalin wasn't a good leader at all. For heaven's sake, his own guards were scared of him. In fact, he died because he instilled so much fear into them. Personally, I'm more of a collectivist who doesn't believe in authoritarianism.

[–] PlanchetteGhost@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I've been using that term for quite a while now.

[–] PlanchetteGhost@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago

I legally changed my surname to a historical family member's maiden name because I honestly don't like my family that much. It's a compromise; it's still in the family, but that name hasn't been used in nearly a century.