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Repost to see how politics have changed in the 2 years since the original (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Egriaga@lemmy.ml to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 66 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah man China is like a utopia or something.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you ain't lived till you been to the democratic people's republic of north korea

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah man they keep voting for the same guy every single time, like everyone. He must be a great leader.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

See, it specifically says the PEOPLE are democratic. It just doesn't matter because the GOVERNMENT is despotic. 😌

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Nah the propaganda told me it's all the leader's good work making the country so amazing.

[+] LongLive@lemmy.world -24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is the suggested process for genocide claim?
Is a (or multiple?) third party inspector needed to be proven innocent?

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

At this point, I don't even know. Every bit of news coming out of it is potentially highly biased by one side or the other. I don't think I could be completely sure unless I went there and saw for myself.

However... I'm highly suspicious of anyone who says, "The genocide is obviously fake -- see, official Chinese state media says so, and that's that!"

Even if the genocide actually isn't real (and it might not be), I really don't think I want to associate with people who would blindly and enthusiastically take the accused state's word on it without a second thought.

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a lot of third party evidence as well.

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Third party evidence on which side? Because aside from Chinese media, I haven't seen much that disproves the ongoing genocide narrative.

[+] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml -13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's a video that covers it

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That video is pretty short on any kind of evidence. Its a pro-CCP influencer basically saying trust me bro, the programs in Xinjiang are great.

I'm not saying he is necessarily wrong, but I don't think there is enough substance there.

[+] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml -11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

pro-CCP influencer with only 3 china videos out of 25? Try better to write off the evidence. He went to the province and interviewed native. He explains the origin of the claims and breaks them down. Did you watch the video?

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did watch it. And there were some red flags. He is an influencer that left the US and moved to China, which isn't necessarily a reason to discount him. However, he also treats Taiwan like it is settled that it is a Chinese territory when the CCP has at no point governed over Taiwan. So he is parroting CCP narratives on Taiwan, which casts doubt on other things he is discussing. He also did the tired trope of referencing US atrocities like the genocide of indigenous people in the US, which has nothing to do with the topic at hand. So forgive me for not trusting his video and referencing him as a pro-CCP influencer based on the talking points and content of the video.

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