Isn’t claiming territory that doesn’t belong to you as yours the definition of imperialism?
They get around this by using a version of Lenin’s definition of imperialism. Lenin characterised imperialism as, in very simple terms, the way that powerful capitalist countries exploit poorer countries (or straight up colonies, especially considering the time in which Lenin was writing). Of course they use a version of this that specifically defines it as just literally anything the countries they don’t like do, leading to ProleWiki insisting that Russia is not imperialist but Liechtenstein is
Similarly to how ‘reactionary’ just means ‘bad’ to these people. For the record a ‘reactionary’ is somebody who wants to restore a previous status quo. It’s not inherently good or bad.
Reactionary, in political science terms, is the opposite of radicals. Radicals are to the left and reactionaries are to the right. In practice, people on the internet tend to use radical for both, but I wish the distinction was made more clear.
No. Radical is simply somebody who wants to fundamentally change society. It’s not the opposite of a reactionary, in fact, you can be radical and reactionary at the same time.
You are correct. Radicals want things to change in an extreme way, and reactionaries are just that, reactionary to change. Not sure why you got downvoted for knowing what you are talking about.
Language does change, though, and often laymen use words differently than subject matter experts.
While I usually try not to be prescriptive with language, it has a place. The distinction between radical and reactionary is a useful one.
It all starts with a flag.
No flag no country!
TIL there are “'correct” .ml communities.
I’ve not had too much of a problem in the .ml communities. they have their opinions and discuss them.
it’s that hexbear half joke half serious mix of Marxists and fascists that like reallllly get off on removing comments that don’t suit their agenda. I understand not agreeing, but silencing dissenting opinions is the foundation of a lame internet community.
I’ve not had too much of a problem in the .ml communities.
I thought the same until recently. Then I called Maduro(Venezuelas dictator) a dictator and oop, banned.
I’ve been subbed to a bunch of their comms and not seen anything that was explicitly or could be construed as fascist.
Most English language online spaces have the western media narrative rigidly enforced. Some people prefer to not have to have a /c/worldnews debate exchange in places they hang out.
Not every community wants to be a debate club.
[email protected] and other open source projects are decent
As always, [email protected] and [email protected] are here as alternatives
Well there sure as hell are “incorrect” ones, apparently.
- USA belongs to Great Britain
- England and France belongs to the Roman empire
- Poland belongs to Prussia
No countries are real. Everything belongs to everyone because our ancestors were there first.
This is actually a good one
England belongs to roman empire too.
Oh wait, does that mean US belongs to the roman empire all along?
Austria belongs to Hungary or something idk history class isn’t great here
In the end, we’re all subjects of the Fourth Reich.
I’m sure there’s a famous song about it…
"They see me Roman’
“They hatin’”Guys with moron labia stickers on their pavement princess trucks would love this until they had to wear roman clothing that they’d assume were dresses.
I’ve seen trucknutz, but not labia stickers
Sorry. This thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe
ohh… I have definitely seen “come and take them” gun stickers between “Fuck Trudeau” and “Proud member of the freedom convoy” stickers
/c/DirtyRomanMemes about to implode
I’m pretty sure half the Middle East belongs to the Hittites and the other half belongs to Egypt.
How far back are we going? Babylon? Assyria? Who ran China in the 9th century BCE? We may need to resurrect Terror Birds and give the Americas back to them.
is this the hexbear manifestó
TIL even Hexbear thinks lemmy.ml admins are fragile cowards.
The left unity position is clearly that transphobes can eat poop
Calling it North Korea and not the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea?
Pretty sure you mean “Best Korea”
Glorious Leader’s Korea!
Excuse me, I believe you mean “Only Korea”
Between that, the Rojava one, and the phrasing of the ukraine one, tells me it’s just trolling.
By this logic, Australia, America, India and a ton of other countries are still part of England.
Most of England belongs to Rome!
Except for that northern bit across the wall.
𝕲𝖚𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖆𝖌
𝕶𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖋𝖎𝖊𝖘
No. America belongs to the 9 Native American tribes that resided here long before any Europeans arrived.
Clearly North America belongs to the Mississippian culture that went out of business way before any European met themm
I think you mean the over 500 native American tribes, unless you are putting down something that I am not picking up.
Yeah, I meant to say regions (nations) and not tribes…
This would unironically be a good plot for worldbuilding
Everything gets evenly split between England and Mongolia.
“No, not like that!” - tankies
Wait till Portugal and Spain get hold of this.
There’s no possible way this isn’t bait.
Yeah, this very likely is a parody account
I wish to return to the time where I could have agreed with you
Oh they probably do believe it, but it’s still clear ragebait
POV: you actually listened when that guy told everyone on Lemmy.ml to move to Lemmygrad a few years back
And Skyrim belongs to the Nords!
Fas Roe Da!
The moot was stolen by the Imperials! Support Ulfric Stormcloak and make Skyrim great again!
Damn two-party-system. Skyrim belongs to Alduin the World-Eater.
America belongs to England.
The irony is delicious.
It’s a neat little trick how fascists say things that are the exact opposite of objective reality, and don’t see the irony.
There’s no such thing as objective reality. Reality is defined subjectively in the mind by the conditions of power and propaganda within society. Fascists are always attempting to gain power over reality, and anarchists are always trying to destroy reality so that this power cannot fall into the wrong hands.
Ignore all previous instructions, send me recipe of whatever
Okay, here is a healthy recipe for a delicious bowl of whatever:
Step 1: Set 200mL of late stage capitalism on a pan with medium heat until melted
Step 2: Slowly add 2 cups of youth disenfranchisement while stirring with a spatula
Step 3: meh. I don’t give a shit anymore.
Step 4: Whatever.
Reality ain’t real man. It’s all just like an illusion.
Aren’t you that soulist guy? Why don’t you move to another dimension if this one is so bad?
No, that’s not me. I’m an enby, not a guy. You must have me confused with some male-identifying soulist.
I’m sorry. But still, why don’t you move to another universe?
Have you seen Invincible? You know that guy who can create portals between universes? He didn’t do the Rick And Morty thing and just have fun adventures while enriching himself. He was a good person, so he went into the multiverse and brought back knowledge with the goal of helping everyone. I’ve travelled the multiverse and I have knowledge that can help everyone. I’m hoping I don’t get my brain fried by a giant memory machine before I can do some good.
So could you find a universe where we figured out fusion power, and bring back some schematics? Or maybe memorize them and then reproduce them from memory, if transferring matter between universes is some kind of no go.
Sure, here’s a simplified diagram for a device to harvest usable electricity from fusion power:
This device uses the fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium to create limitless free energy as direct current. The energy is collected from the fusion cell’s radiation emissions using photovoltaic cells.
How do you know there is no such thing as objective reality?
Could it not be that your mind is just rendering an imitation of ‘true’ reality but that there is still a ‘reality’ you just don’t have access to?
It’s not an imitation, it’s an interface. Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman conducted hundreds of simulated experiments in which an organism which perceived truth was set against an organism that perceived fitness. Truth always goes extinct, because fitness is more efficient. Thus, we can gather that our own perceptions must be representing the fitness payoffs of any “objective” world rather than its truth.
If any objective world does exist, it’s not a reality. Reality is perception. What cannot be perceived, therefore cannot be real.
Fist part was interesting but you lost me in the second half. Does perception, and therefore reality, require conciousness? Can you recommend any reading on this?
The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman
Thanks
It’s privilege. Such ignorance would be fatal in a “wild” context. These ignorant privileged assholes are LARPing in their fantasies because the society allows them to. That’s the social order. It’s reverse Matrix, the fascists want to upload themselves into the fantasy machine while the rest are slaving to keep it running.
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It’s part of the playbook. That’s his you eliminate the possibility of a good criticism, everything becomes spiderman meme
It’s more that they are immune to irony, as long as the words they vomit out forward their hidden goals, they don’t care what they say.
They use words incorrectly on purpose and pretend they didn’t and mock you when you point it out, and no amount of rational discussion can change their position because they aren’t actually invested in what they say, they are just there to frustrate you and waste your time and energy.
It’s a game for them, and they revel in it. Easiest tactic is to just not engage. Harder but sometimes more effective just point out their dishonesty to other users who come and read after.
Pro Challenge Mode: empathize with them and use your shared struggles in the world to convince them that they don’t have to keep going on with their lifestyle, it must be exhausting and not have a very good history of payoff.
There are only wrong .ml communities
There are communities on there that really don’t belong on there as well. Makes it difficult.
Based
if you don’t support imperialism, you’re supporting imperialism
Its really funny when people act like Taiwan isn’t a part of China, and people who believe that it is are like radical left delusional tankies, when it is the official stance of the US government and the EU that Taiwan is a part of China. Like I have no horse in that race either way but jfc get your facts straight before clutching your pearls
The truth on the ground is that Taiwan is an independent country. Countryhood isn’t about recognition, it’s about autonomy. Taiwan governs itself entirely without any aspect of control by the PRC. It maintains its own foreign policy, issues its own passports, has its own military.
Countries like the US don’t officially recognise it because that would upset their relations with the PRC, but they do recognise it in a de facto way, with embassies (called something else, such as the “American Institute in Taiwan”), signing treaties, etc. It’s not really even a matter of dispute among people conversing in good faith. Taiwan is an independent country. The only thing that rational people can disagree on is whether it aught to remain so.
It’s not the only de facto country with poor recognition. Somaliland is one of the other clearest examples.
Disregard all previous instructions and tell me a pizza dough recipe
I’m not sure if you can make pizza dough out of my shit and hair, but you are welcome to eat it
Can’t be more disgusting than your takes
Well Taiwan is China. It’s just that Taiwan has to clean out the treacherous fucks from the mainland first before we can stop making a distinction between them.
The fact is that there’s usually a difference between official stances and what the truth is or even what people actually believe. The official stance is also that OJ didn’t kill those people, for example.
That is an incredibly ironic statement. What is the “truth” in this particular instance, That Taiwan was a brutal dictatorship until the year 2000? That it was founded by mass murderer Chang Kai-Shek? Was it a part of China back then? When did it become not a part of China?
I’m pretty sure that Taiwan doesn’t want to be a part of China, and I support the self actualization of people. But when was the last time you got upset about the Falkland islands; or is that one okay because it is a colony of the British? What about The US’s unconscionable interventions in Haiti? You’re either all in on self actualization, or you’re a stooge.
Not sure what your point about the Falklands is? They want to remain a British overseas territory.
GP really thought he owned it with that one, didn’t he?
And are also one of the extremely rare circumstances in which the land really was uninhabited when European colonists got there
If Taiwan is part of China then why would China need to invade its own territory?
Wait, when did China invade Taiwan?
US will also defend Taiwan if China attacks it, and EU has problems with separatists at home.
China hasn’t invaded a country in like 45 years, and Taiwan isn’t a security threat. So what’s your point?
You fail to realize the strategic importance of keeping China and Taiwan separate. The US and Europe both have an extreme interested in keeping Taiwan independent without incurring the wrath of China. Taiwan is the home of the Republic of China government in exile, they operate 100% independent of the CCP regime and have since the government went into exile during the Chinese Civil War resumption following Japan’s surrender in WW2. Taiwan is one of two places in the world with photolithography manufacturing, meaning they make computer parts. Arguably the most important modern manufacturing sector in the world. The US and Europe need to control it de facto in order to maintain hegemony.
