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It's Gross And Cringey To Love A State Like Israel Or The USA (www.caitlinjohnst.one)

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People who love and defend a government are creating parental figures out of the state instead of growing up and taking their stand as mature individuals.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I skimmed through the ~50 articles published this year and they were all anti imperialist pieces focused on the US & Israel. Not defending authoritarianism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Hmm I clicked some link and I thought I saw some apologia about China but now I can't find it. It does seem to be mainly criticism of the US and Israel which is always fair game considering current circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

[China] simply do the normal thing while we do the freakish thing: they make the lives of their citizens better and better and avoid unnecessary wars, while western governments make the lives of their citizens worse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

they make the lives of their citizens better and better and avoid unnecessary wars

That's an oversimplification of the truth, not defending authoritarianism. It's not denying or minimizing China's actions in Xinjiang or '89. It's not praising the censorship or arbitrary detention.

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