Doubledee

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[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Maybe because I’m just really delving into this, but sometimes I’m like “I don’t think I can start a revolution, but it feels like I have to.” Maybe that’s normal idk

I think that's very normal, there's another thread here full of folks grappling with the same question of what praxis looks like in a time like ours.

I take solace in the reality that it's not about me as an individual, Lenin didn't pull off the Bolshevik Revolution because he was such a great guy. We reject great man theory, it's about a collective struggle towards a common goal. And while we aren't where we need to be yet, we're a hell of a lot further than we were when the Iraq war kicked off.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

It's actually surprisingly accurate because the castle has the legacy of a genocidal racist literally built into its foundations, and their society has refused to question or amend decisions made at the creation of the institution to enshrine an evil fascist as an inescapable part of their systems.

A person who was not a complete muppet could have done something interesting with those books. There's a clever critique literally right beneath the surface if JK weren't such a lib.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean maybe they just didn't see it? The sort by settings don't seem to behave predictably, at least to me.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Especially considering the poster doesn't seem to have any interest in either explaining or defending what it's supposed to mean. Like, I enjoy talking about politics as much as the next person but it doesn't look like OP wants to discuss anything.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not moving the goalposts, I'm just pointing out that it's a bit disingenuous to frame a question about what should happen in an unresolved civil war as a question of nations and their sovereignty. It would be disingenuous to frame Russia's intervention in Ukraine as defending the independence of an entire country, I think it's a similar situation between ROC/PRC, the primary difference being the length of the dispute.

Which is relevant if we're talking about how one can consistently be anti-imperialist, I think. I agree it's a bit flippant to say stuff about 'giving up Loser Island' but I think it's important to recognize that it's more complicated than 'two independent countries fighting over the territory of one of them.'

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I appreciate your openness here. I think the PRC would also prefer peaceful engagement with the longer term goal of peaceful reincorporation, the trade ties they've cultivated in spite of US hostility I think lend credence to their sincerity there. In the big picture I just don't think the region can sustain two governments that each claim sovereignty over the same areas, and given their historical cultural and economic ties I think reunification would be the outcome of a process of dialogue between them.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Is the Donbas a separate country because it declared independence from Ukraine?

EDIT: Which is actually more than Taiwan has done, the government in exile on Taiwan considers itself the rightful government of the entirety of mainland China and parts of Mongolia.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's really more of a rhetorical analysis of common arguing tactics, which has its place. It's just sad to watch some actually decent observations about rhetoric go the way of 'gaslighting' where it gets adopted into the lexicon as a thought terminating cliche.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is the name supposed to be ironic? I assumed it was wordplay but they seem to bristle at the idea of being considerate of minorities and people outside of international-community-1 international-community-2 to an odd degree.

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