Lib: The American media doesn’t lie.

Leftist: Here’s evidence that it does, from Western sources

Lib: Ah, but at least those Western sources reported it!

Leftist: Alright, here’s evidence that it lies, from non-western sources

Lib: You don’t really believe that propaganda, do you?

Unfalsifiable orthodoxy.

But the only time I can ever think of Western media doing anything on the scale of censoring the 1989 Tiananmin Square Massacre is the Iraq MWD debacle.

As a rule the US government does not mislead its own citizens the way Russia and China do.

Hundreds of thousands of people were murdered for no reason to accomplish nothing but to line the pockets of Raytheon shareholders. And you write it off as if it doesn’t even matter.

No one, neither the politicians nor the journalists who knowingly lied to you faced any repercussions. Not only that, but in many cases, it’s the same people in the same positions with no reason not to do it again.

Even if you ignore all the other times that the media has lied, how many people do you believe died at Tiananmen Square to think that the two are remotely comparable?

History teaches us that we should always do war all the time constantly, as that is the only way to avoid war

That exact analogy has been used by high ranking US officials to justify nearly every conflict since the WWII, including Korea, Vietnam, and the War on Terror.

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Tbh I don’t even understand how a music tour could possibly be relevant to this. Typical whataboutism.

The war started years ago between Ukraine and the separatists, and they reached a cease-fire, and Ukraine violated that cease-fire which is what promoted Russian intervention.

I don’t have too strong of an opinion about what the ideal outcome looks like. But I believe that possible diplomatic solutions have been ignored or torn up. I believe that the US, because of the military industrial complex, has pressured Ukraine into more aggressive and intransigent approaches, to the detriment of the Ukrainian people. For example, Ukraine has staunchly refused to consider any territorial concessions, including Crimea which they haven’t controlled since before the ceasefire.

Personally, I think the most realistic scenario that minimizes casualties in the short term, as well as having the best chance at peace in the long term, would be if Ukraine cedes the disputed provinces to Russia. But mostly I just don’t want the people of Ukraine and Russia to keep getting fed into this stupid meat grinder just to move a line on a map. Maybe there’s a solution where the provinces remain in Ukraine but are given a special degree of autonomy, and everyone agrees to play nice. Maybe they can agree to a ceasefire while a referendum is held, overseen by some neutral third party. I think we’ve probably passed a point where those two are realistic possibilities, but the point is there should be some willingness to compromise and negotiate. Demanding Russia’s immediate withdrawal from all occupied territories is just not realistic. They’ve been trying to do it their way and all it’s gotten is getting a bunch of people killed and no closer to a solution. Maybe it’s time for somebody to sit down at a table.

What’s your opinion on the Moon?

What’s you opinion on “I just think it’s funny how…”

Edit: I guess you already said that one

Did you know he also lived in Iowa for a while?

He’s running :xi-vote:

I figured but I thought I should provide context for people who missed it because the mods nuked them very quick

I made a post the other day based on the Greek Anarachist copypasta

I told them that what they called Western hegemony is different from the rules based order. They said the rules based order is Western hegemony. And I said I agreed. That is what I am saying. Real Western hegemony is a rules based order. And they said yes, that is what we are trying to get rid of. And I said no, but we don’t even have that right now. We need more Western hegemony. And everyone at the same time was like “nooo” we are socialists, we are against Western hegemony. Socialists oppose Western hegemony. And I said but not social democrats. Social democrats are the socialists who support NATO.

And I saw someone accuse my post of strawmanning.

We just got a wrecker who was like, “Lol how do you have the right takes on China and Russia but also support trans rights??” willing to bet it was one of those ridiculous Haz losers. Guess they came over here because they got tired of getting bodied every time they try their pitch on chuds.

But likely just 50 cent army.

Sorry, but I’m actually not allowed to get paid for my China posts because of a noncompete clause I signed from when George Soros hired me as a crisis actor. I’m not allowed to be a paid actor in any other conspiracy theories right now, so I’m just defending China pro-bono to keep my posting skills sharp so I can try to get on as a wumao once my contract is up.

My secret plot is to sit back and enjoy the collapse of American Christianity

Either way, they tend to make themselves scarce when that link is dropped on them.

This is either a bit or a masochist lol, just straight up inviting the dogpile.

The nefarious Chinese are tricking people into supporting them by checks notes improving their material conditions.

Thank God I live in America where I’ll never have to worry about the government doing that.

I do self-criticism constantly because I’m trapped in a Maoist cult where comrades (white terrorists) criticize me mercilessly for having a fascist credit card (VISA Silver Signature Rewards)

They won’t let me order vegan pizza anymore because the phone is fascist and “summoning my pizza slaves with a bourgeois app” is “bad vibes”

This is the moment that I finally realize that the Maoist cult was right all along.