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If your first instinct as a westerner is to criticize and lecture 3rd world communist movements, instead of learning from their successes, then you have internalized the patronizing arrogance of the colonial system you claim to oppose.

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[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I remember watching a documentary about North Korea and one of the guides was talking about how people in NK and Asia more broadly don't necessarily want to live under the same liberal-democratic capitalist system that the west tries to impress on them.

How arrogant are we to act like we have it all figured out and that countries outside of Europe and North America are backwards shitholes?

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

Idk how anyone can defend how we (the US) does shit. Especially after this year. If you weren't already privy to how monstrous we can be now you are, and now we pulled any good shit we might have done, too.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago (4 children)

in first world nations we are insidiously brainwashed to believe that there WERE NO SUCCESSES among Communist movements.

awareness of those successes must be promoted.

start with "hey this really successful thing happened" AND THEN reveal "btw that was communism"

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I don't know why they even left Reddit. Were they really that mad about app development?

[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am not only on .world (actually started out there and moved over here), but yeah, for me that was the last straw. That official app is just an affront.

[–] scintilla@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Reddit is not even "liberal" anymore. The people on the conservative sub will say that it is but its been shifting rightward for years. There are a lot of people getting permad over things that in the past would have had broad agreement.

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[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

I wrote my thesis about how we can learn from Cuba's green farming movements (because they were essentially locked out of capitalism) and was criticized for it.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 2 months ago

May I recommend a book: The Jakarta Method, by Vincent Bevins. Humanized Communism in a way that profoundly changed my thinking.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am hard pressed to think of any Americans older than twenty five that I have ever met IRL that was truly opposed to colonialism. High-schoolers and college students; sure. That's about it though.

EDIT: To be clear, I am not defending colonialism. I just don't think most Americans understand or think about its impact. Out of sight. Out of mind.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just had to explain this to someone the other day lol. Figure ur gonna get lots of hate from libs about this post so wanted to just come in and say hi. 你是很好老师同志。Your posts in response are nicely done. I hope people take the time to read them.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

No probs comrade, thx!

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 15 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I have a better one:

About all politics. No exceptions.

Signed: Brazilian.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like how the circle also looks like America and Hawaii and parts of Canada are not included lol

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 months ago

Hawaii should be free anyway. Send all the USians home and give the people of Hawaii their nation back.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

The capitalism can not spread where the ice flows and the coconuts reign.

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