LargeAdultRedBook

joined 6 months ago
[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago

I'm rabidly pro-China and tacitly pro-Russia. I will praise both their people and their governments when I feel they are doing right, and criticize them when they are doing wrong.

Why do I support them despite X, Y, and Z?:

Simply put, the actions of China and Russia are weakening US hegemony, making possible the development of Africa and the rest of the global south, in effect saving hundreds of millions of lives, if not billions.

No amount of nitpicks or disagreement on lofty ideals will ever outweigh that.

Not interested in spreading falsehoods, but if anyone would like to organize efforts to express these opinions and supporting evidence, I would enthusiastically participate.

Westerners are so conditioned to regurgitate hatred against the officially sanctioned state enemies that not blindly parroting their caricatures is seen as suspicious, let alone have positive things to say.

I have more and stronger critiques of both countries and their governments than their haters do, largely because I have made serious attempts to understand the culture, history, & material conditions of these countries, instead of brushing them off with a thought-terminating cliché.

[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

China making the BBC slightly more inconvenient to access is far worse than exterminating an entire continent of people in a centuries long colonial project.

[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago

Nevermind the rate at which that proportion is shrinking.

[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

GTK themes are themes for apps using the GTK GUI toolkit. They are basically CSS rules that apply to app widgets. You can probably find one by searching "amoled GTK theme" then installing it on your distro and using GNOME Tweaks to select the theme.

[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure there are #000000 AMOLED GTK themes.