Thoughts?

Is this imperialism by China, a country which is supposed to be left-wing? Leftists are normally anti-imperialism. Wouldn’t it be better to let Taiwan democratically decide whether they want to be part of China or not?

  • modernangel@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Authoritarianism and leftism are incompatible ideologies. The PRC and USSR both failed at their worker revolutions and swiftly ended up with corrupt oligarchy still controlling the means of production and hoarding the fruits of production. That’s not left-wing, that’s the far-right con game.

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      18 hours ago

      So now we are trying to justify them by saying that communist regimes were not really communist? I get that ideally Marx had good ideas, but the way they turn out seems to me it’s always the same. Someone has to have control and actually make a plan and people are greedy and have lust for power, that’s the reality. Also it’s not like I’m inventing anything, that’s the shoe horse theory.

    • hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 days ago

      You are saying the same thing. He just skips the bullshit everyone peddles on purpose or still eats up the propaganda.

      Soviets and bolsheviks were never communists.

      They were fascists all along.

      You think nazis did not believe they were doing it for the good of all? Come the fuck on.