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Maybe that's why you hate it but my annoyance is more at people who reflexively feel they win every argument by calling the other person a liberal because they don't believe that the CCP is a corruption-free bastion of good will and a perfect example for the world to follow.

You can be a communist and still legitimately criticize the CCP though you wouldn't know it from the 4 people posting all the articles and leading every discussion at Lemmygrad

Ehh... I just realized I don't care. I was thinking about how sad it is that people post so prolifically and emphatically to the same 15 people while believing that they're making a difference and fighting the good fight. Then I realized that arguing with them is equally as pointless. I mean this is the biggest thread I've ever seen on Lemmy and it's about why it's so unsuccessful. If people want to have a tiny club where they dictate their specific flavor of communism and call everyone else is a liberal, go for it. I'd call it an echo chamber but it's too small - echoes need some space to generate. Lemmygrad is tiny little groups of people congratulating each other on believing the exact same thing and being obnoxiously insufferable to anyone whose opinions only match 98%. You're cosplay revolutionaries. You change nothing and inspire no one but you sure feel like badasses while regurgitating the same lines to each other.

I'm out

More like if you dont like the 4 prolific posters' personal take on communism. Lemmygrad gets so much hate because a few peoplewithj nothing better to do post 80% of the political content. Every collective (reddit) have their hive minds but Lemmygrad is like a small town church that prescribes exactly what you're supposed to see and think. It's pretty gross.

This settles any debate - if Taiwan were a part of China, surely they could have prevented a plane that they repeatedly threatened from landing there. Paper tiger..

I didn't see in the article how long you can drive on one of these batteries.

Sure, both things can be true. But why did you feel it needed to be said?

Everyone: "Did you hear that Sara was raped? Its absolutely terrible."

You: "Did you know that Sara cheated on most of her exams in college and was jailed after being caught for shoplifting 4 different times? What's wrong? Both things can be true."

Cool, so you agree that Russia is doing some pretty horrific stuff and definitely should not have invaded a country of largely peaceful people?

Let's assume that the blog you linked is totally accurate. So.. it's cool for Russia to invade them? Kill civilians? Kidnap and displace people?

If you were a Ukrainian that has nothing to do with Nazis or corruption would you then welcome your Russian "liberators" because of the things mentioned in your linked blog? Would you be cool with friends and family members dying or (often even worse) going missing due to the invasion because shady money was donated to elected officials?

Which country is free of fascists and corrupt money in the highest levels of government? Since the answer is none, should they be invaded too?

And since you seem pretty concerned with dirty money from rotten sources I'm sure you spend at least an equal amount of time reading and reposting info about widespread corruption throughout the Russian government and oligarchs, right?

Maybe all takes on Ukraine are skewed in the msm but I think the main takeaway is fuck Putin for invading a country and killing innocent people under pretenses that change every few days. If THAT'S the take you have a problem with then please post a more direct argument instead of this proxy blog.

No shady government funding justifies the price that innocent, regular people are paying in Ukraine.

If I could make a suggestion, in the future share the link to the article and not the link to the reddit post about the article.

This has gotta be April Fools, right?