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[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

but...isnt china bad? edit: this was a joke, sheesh

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, it's one of the best countries in the world for the working classes at the present moment. It's regularly improving, and though it has its issues, it's doing well to work through them, which is more than can be said of the dying western empire.

[–] foobaz@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On my part, or janewaydidnothingwrong's?

[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I didnt think I had to include "/s" on this given the context of the post but here we are lol

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get what you mean but people constantly say very misinformed stuff about China without joking

[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yeah but that is actually the joke I was making, anyway lesson learned

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, it's not perfect, but it's as good as it gets

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

The ROC had its white terror moments.

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unlike this picture, real life contains many shades of grey. There are some areas that could be improved but in other areas they excel about any other nation. It's not black and white.

Life doesn't have to be about identity and this picture screams "my identity is a tankie", which is cool but just means it's shit bias. Equally, saying a generic "China bad" screams that someone doesn't alot about its politics

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's shit about communists?

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have no issue with communists. I'm in the anti capitalist camp myself.

I guess all I'm trying to say is idealising nations as utpoian is unrealistic and demonizig them as dystopian is equally as unfair.

There are obviously exceptions where governments do treat their citizens like trash. I don't like what America is doing at the moment. I try not to think in binaries generally, learning not to anyway

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Communists don't idealize socialist countries, not are we utopians.