Number 1 is legitimately hilarious. You sound like my mom giving job-search advice

Well that whole thing hit me like a max range Mirana arrow

You sound cool though

I kind of appreciate the honesty at least?

I absolutely agree. I want to be clear. I hope the DNC gets no say on the future of the American left. They fumbled it.

Let’s hope they don’t get a say.

I don’t believe him.

Didn’t watch the movie, huh?

I’m officially criticizing Israel. Hope you boys are watching closely ;D

As a nursing aide, it’s because not enough of us are unionized.

I think it’s cute!

Right there with ya comrade

I’m so fucking in. Where do I sign up?

Fully same page. I got a used Z fold cuz I love the design, but now I guess I’m just never updating again until I have time to learn how to install my own OS on it 😵

Ah, bummer. I’m aware of how it’s used in identity politics, but I’d never considered how that use might foster distrust in an already culturally repressive populace. Sounds complicated, and I’m sure the aftereffects of imperialism haven’t done anything to help the nations they left devastated feel positively about a trend they might identify as foreign in that way.

I’m trying not to get too caught up in semantics here. It sounds like you’re saying that the relocation that the Chinese government puts Uygher people through cannot be comparable to the relocation that other cultures have been put through, and that the lack of a mass death toll is serviceable evidence for that claim. Do I have that correct?

If so, it’s a good point! I think I had a presumption that the true nature of their (and any government’s) crimes was hidden. It does seem a bit far-fetched that it would be possible to cover up the kind of mass death that you’re saying would come with a colonization, so it’s a more reasonable metric than just making assumptions based on vibes I suppose. You’ve at least given me a less propagandizeable thing to research ^_

I largely agree, though Israel has used many nonlethal methods for a long time. There is a lot of violence involved in the process that doesn’t require death. Forced relocation is a pretty classic tactic, for example, which Israe has made ample use of in their ongoing genocide

Well it certainly doesn’t fit the picture I was described! I was told Uyghers were being killed in some cases, and rehoused en masse in others.

If what you’re saying is right, and the Uygher culture is allowed to continue unharried outside of radical minorities then I would agree that doesn’t really compare to the horrors of colonization!

Is it actually illegal to be queer there too? Or is that also exaggerated?

I’m genuinely undereducated here, not an op…

Accepting all that, that’s still essentially colonization, no?

Is there nuance I’m missing here? China’s seemingly codified cultural repression genuinely makes it hard for me to consider supporting them, whether or not they advance the cause of the average worker

See step 2 is really where the meat lies

That’d be my step 1, personally

Step 2 is proving it