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Cowbee [he/they]

@ Cowbee @lemmy.ml

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Actually, this town has more than enough room for the two of us

He/him or they/them, doesn't matter too much

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  • Will do!

    When, in the course of development, class distinctions have disappeared, and all production has been concentrated in the hands of a vast association of the whole nation, the public power will lose its political character. Political power, properly so called, is merely the organized power of one class for oppressing another. If the proletariat during its contest with the bourgeoisie is compelled, by the force of circumstances, to organize itself as a class, if, by means of a revolution, it makes itself the ruling class, and, as such, sweeps away by force the old conditions of production, then it will, along with these conditions, have swept away the conditions for the existence of class antagonisms and of classes generally, and will thereby have abolished its own supremacy as a class.

    In place of the old bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an association, in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.

    Another fun quote, though not from the manifesto:

    We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.

  • I already have done so, though.

  • Correcting misconceptions and debunking claims isn't "defending a cult," it's having a sense of respect for truth.

  • No? You made up claims and I disproved them. Simple as that.

  • Why is it illegal to form a union in China?

    It isn't, it just must be a part of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to ensure that no "independent unions" can be wielded by the west or by capitalists to undermine socialism.

    Why does the PRC constitution guarantee freedom of the press but journalists require a liscense? [Bonus: how can you quantify a requirement like “journalist ethics”?]

    To ensure journalists aren't spreading western disinformation to de-legitimize the state and foment instability, as has happened time and time again in other countries.

    Why is the number of executions in China a state secret?

    For similar reasons as the prior two.

    Edit: Why not respond? You said they were icebreakers, I don't see how editing your comment to essentially add a soyjack meme furthers any of your goals.

  • Being capable of carrying a conversation is evidence of indoctrination?

  • Yep, that's also true!

  • Can you elaborate for the crowd what specifically I said is delusional? Do you think the critiques I have are actually good things? Do you think they didn't actually happen?

  • Modlog link? I maintain that critique based on disinformation isn’t valid critique, so it depends on what you said.

  • Ah, understood! Yea, seppo seems like a term for labor aristocrat.

  • I've mentioned that the PRC is lacking in LGBTQIA+ rights (though they are improving), that population transfer in the soviet union was one of its worst crimes, that Stalin's homophobia was deeply reactionary, that I'd prefer if the PRC was more millitantly anti-imperialist than they are presently, that revisionism and mismanagement began a trend of liberalization in the USSR that contributed to its collapse, that the PRC made a huge error in backing Cambodia against Vietnam, and much more than this.

    I'm not "indoctrinated," and anyond can look at the Lemmy.ml modlog to see for themselves that you're full of shit.

  • What's the background in that one?

  • Every time.

  • Usonian is another term I've heard, but it sounds even worse.

  • I've been critical of communists and communist leaders before, I think you're confusing disinformation being removed with any and all critique being removed. Critique based on disinformation isn't valid critique.

  • No, I don't think lying is useful. I only tell what I believe to be the truth. What I'm saying is that you can show people undeniable evidence contrary to their beliefs, and they still reject it if they aren't open to learning. Flat Earthers are a good example. If you show Flat Earthers evidence of round Earth, they deny it and call it fabricated, false, etc. The idea that ideas propogate based on truth and evidence is a nice fantasy, but instead people license themselves to believe what fits their worldview. That's how disinformation works.

  • No? I'm a communist, and I support communism. Worship has nothing to do with it. Can you explain what you mean by that?

  • Much of latin and south America are predominantly indigenous, whereas the USA and Canada in particular wiped out the vast majority of the indigenous populations. Mexicans, for example, are largely a mix of Spanish and indigenous, ie mestizo, with around 20% identifying as indigenous. This is in stark contrast to the US and Canada.

  • I am trying to be objective, but I'm also a Marxist-Leninist. I'm biased, as everyone is.