God I’m begging to be in front of this man for 10 minutes

I work with dementia patients all day. It would be trivial to navigate his psyche into saying pretty much whatever

Right there with ya comrade

Ah, bummer. I’m aware of how it’s used in identity politics, but I’d never considered how that use might foster distrust in an already culturally repressive populace. Sounds complicated, and I’m sure the aftereffects of imperialism haven’t done anything to help the nations they left devastated feel positively about a trend they might identify as foreign in that way.

I’m trying not to get too caught up in semantics here. It sounds like you’re saying that the relocation that the Chinese government puts Uygher people through cannot be comparable to the relocation that other cultures have been put through, and that the lack of a mass death toll is serviceable evidence for that claim. Do I have that correct?

If so, it’s a good point! I think I had a presumption that the true nature of their (and any government’s) crimes was hidden. It does seem a bit far-fetched that it would be possible to cover up the kind of mass death that you’re saying would come with a colonization, so it’s a more reasonable metric than just making assumptions based on vibes I suppose. You’ve at least given me a less propagandizeable thing to research ^_

I largely agree, though Israel has used many nonlethal methods for a long time. There is a lot of violence involved in the process that doesn’t require death. Forced relocation is a pretty classic tactic, for example, which Israe has made ample use of in their ongoing genocide

Well it certainly doesn’t fit the picture I was described! I was told Uyghers were being killed in some cases, and rehoused en masse in others.

If what you’re saying is right, and the Uygher culture is allowed to continue unharried outside of radical minorities then I would agree that doesn’t really compare to the horrors of colonization!

Is it actually illegal to be queer there too? Or is that also exaggerated?

I’m genuinely undereducated here, not an op…

Accepting all that, that’s still essentially colonization, no?

Is there nuance I’m missing here? China’s seemingly codified cultural repression genuinely makes it hard for me to consider supporting them, whether or not they advance the cause of the average worker

Yooo congrats!

Man I wish I could go

You helped cause this, dummy

Learn and make up for it, then you get forgiveness

Fuckin mood lmao

Cobrah’s music kicks ass. Must listen if ur bisexual imo

As someone who works with dementia patients daily, he very clearly has it both by his actions and those of everyone around him.

I would be shocked if there’s anyone left paying attention that genuinely thinks he’s sane. But I am often shocked at what people believe.

I want it so bad

I hope we get some cool countries out of this balkanization at least. Fingers crossed for Cascadia!

I’ll put good money on it being racist

Unhelpfulness of the meme aside, always down for advice on how I can do more. I protest and volunteer when I can, I’m even trying to get involced in politics, but everytime I ask I get more good advice so might as well!

Anyone who posts this nonsense on lemmy of all places has to be some kinda op lol

How inspiring! Truly motivational! ☕️

It’s funny that you think that, but tbh getting people to spend money on that sort of thing tends to be harder than you expect. I wouldn’t quit your dayjob