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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Ngl this mene unnecesarily divides people more than anything.

No socialists and "tankies" I know IRL don't deny Uyghur genocide, general opinion is "Conflict between the Chinese government and Uyghur groups exist but US media exaggerates it for clickbait articles too."

Similar with Israel. Democrats mostly say "I hate the Iran's government for their legal system but still doesn't justify civilians dying." Nobody is congratulating Israel on "standing up for gay rights" or some shit.

Alao ask the other group how they feel about global warming or education system sometime.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

People who think they're well informed because they scroll through lots of memes are deciding elections now, and look where we are.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Well, believing in things is alienating, and the work required to gebuinely identify your self interest is frustrating and hard.

So what else are they supposed to do?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Read source material, don't just consume self-confirming entertainment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

and the work required to genuinely identify your self interest is frustrating and hard.

Nope. Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago

As expected, tankies came out in drove to whitewash Uyghur genocide 😂

There are far too many complaints and eyewitness to hide the grievances from the Uyghurs and CCP's mistreatment of them.

[–] humanspiral 8 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

There is significant politicization of genocide declarations. They are all declared by fascist US empire and its slave controlled democracy colonies. There is very obvious extensive video evidence of extermination policies for Palestinians.

China responded to 2014 terrorist attacks with education and job creation programs. Xinxiang has had decent prosperity and population growth compared to other Chinese provinces despite a BDS policy from US controlled empire. The "technical genocide" accusation is based on a handful of Uyghur women with 4+ children who somehow all got to the UK, and claimed to now be sterile. Uyghurs had historically been exempt from Chinese one child policy.

Political demonism happens independently of facts. There are historical tensions in Xinxiang between Uyghur/muslim majority and relatively more prosperous Han minority, but Chinese policies are far more egalitarian than Alabama policies with much higher inequality. China has made the most humanist response to terrorism in history of civilization, even if it is not above criticism.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I would love a source on the Uyghurs that isn't Adrain Zenz. He is the* Fash behind the "Victims of Communism Memorial Fund".

All sources eventually point back to him in our Western Media, and its fucking disgusting.

(Edit: he is one of the Fash behind actual Nazi Propaganda Smuggling)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

i think it is a great idea to build a "victims of communism" memorial so people can step outside to the victims of capitalism memorial.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh my. Thank you, I missed this story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

You're welcome, I'm glad to share it.

I very much appreciate it being Al Jezeera, too. So the claims of US/Western/NATO bias/mouthpiece hold no weight.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

Interestingly Xinjiang's population growth since 2015 has been due to migration from the rest of China rather than birth rates, and the Uighur birth rate has fallen over this time period while the slackening of birth control legislation has led to slight increases (as compared to one child policy era) for the rest of non-Tibetan PRC.

The destruction of traditional life-styles and enforced ~~capitalist~~ Socialist (with Chinese Characteriatics) modernity with SOEs taking control of traditionally common or village wide croplands and flocks, in the 80s led to a lot of the economic problems in the first place. It's similar to enclosure in Europe, where now to not want to labour away in a factory for a wage and make your boss richer is extremism and also mad.

That is to say, I do not think the PRC is actively killing large amounts of Uighurs. But there is a policy of cultural erasure, commodifiction of culture and heritage, and very tight, apartheid style control of the population.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago
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