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  • lol_idk@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Wait until the tankies come in here to tell you that he’s a patriot trying to stop them from leaving the square so they could continue to keep the peace

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            2 months ago

            It said technology oriented, self-hosting, privacy stuff and I didn’t know any better. It doesn’t seem to degrade my experience, I browse what I browse. I haven’t bothered to move, mostly out of laziness

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              2 months ago

              Pretty much the same for me. I’m a FLOSS developer and it made sense to join the host closest to the development of Lemmy. I don’t really follow any of the more political groups, I’m mostly here for the science, trek and programming memes. I guess I’ll have to test the subscription portability if the home server gets more widely de-federated though.

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              2 months ago

              Of course, but .ml is mostly by and for Marxist-Leninists aka Stalinists aka tankies.

              Dessalines himself banned me for a month from several communities (including technology and memes) for very mildly criticizing Chinese government authoritarianism in a comment in the .ml world politics community and that’s very typical of ml moderation.

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        2 months ago

        Based on some of the other comments you’re making, yes more than one country can be bad. And the crazy part is it doesn’t justify either country, both are still bad

        • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlBanned
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          2 months ago

          Is there a forty year old truncated clip of a protestor not being harmed in America that you endlessly reposted, including every time America is mentioned? Or do you just do that with China?

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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          2 months ago

          Liberals always tell me to support the lesser evil when it’s election time, but when I apply that logic to geopolitics they get mad lol

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            When it comes to voting you are presented with a choice. You can abstain, but you will have to live with the result. You lose nothing by making as best of a choice as you can. To date I’ve not once been presented with the option to move to a new country, but if either were better I would chose the best option for myself even if neither is ideal.

            Both can still be bad options, but I find it hard to believe that neither is better than the other.

            Functionality when it comes to geopolitics I get absolutely no choice on it, so there’s not really a point in ranking evil unless I get the opportunity to chose. Then I absolutely will rank evils to find the best place for myself

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              By your logic, there’s not really a point in declaring evil. You might as well have no opinion about any of this.

              Why even learn about geopolitics or other countries in the first place? You get “absolutely no choice on it” after all.

              You might as well say nothing at all.

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                I see no point in ranking evil, however my country does interact on a global stage and theoretically that is guided by our representatives that the people chose. It’s good to stay informed and know which countries regularly abuse human rights. It’s a long list.

                Ideally I will be able to vote for a canidate that does not want to funnel money to Israel, they are perpetuating a genocide after all. If one is not available I’ll go down a long list of issues to determine the best choice.

    • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlBanned
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      2 months ago

      That they are leaving the square is literally an undisputable fact though. Are undisputed facts “tankie” now?

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      2 months ago

      ???

      Citing objective geographic reality of the tanks leaving the square makes one a tankie?

      Are you people on fucking shrooms?

      Guys check this out, maps and directions are tankie now lmfao what’s next, GPS is a communist mind control satellite constellation?

          • lol_idk@lemmy.ml
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            2 months ago

            I edited the word patriot when my phone originally autocorrected to parrot, if you’re talking about me.

      • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlBanned
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        2 months ago

        Acknowledging objective facts does seem to be the main thing western liberals hate tankies for, yes