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What's up with this straight up pro-china and pro-russia stuff on Lemmy lately? (toast.ooo)

submitted 2 weeks ago by individual@toast.ooo to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What's up with this straight up pro-china and pro-russia stuff on Lemmy lately?

It's not even praising the people of China and Russia, but rather their gov directly.

Obviously the states have problems, and the EU to a lesser degree, but they at least have some human rights.

Is this some kind of organized disinformation campaign?

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[–] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago

I'm rabidly pro-China and tacitly pro-Russia. I will praise both their people and their governments when I feel they are doing right, and criticize them when they are doing wrong.

Why do I support them despite X, Y, and Z?:

Simply put, the actions of China and Russia are weakening US hegemony, making possible the development of Africa and the rest of the global south, in effect saving hundreds of millions of lives, if not billions.

No amount of nitpicks or disagreement on lofty ideals will ever outweigh that.

Not interested in spreading falsehoods, but if anyone would like to organize efforts to express these opinions and supporting evidence, I would enthusiastically participate.

Westerners are so conditioned to regurgitate hatred against the officially sanctioned state enemies that not blindly parroting their caricatures is seen as suspicious, let alone have positive things to say.

I have more and stronger critiques of both countries and their governments than their haters do, largely because I have made serious attempts to understand the culture, history, & material conditions of these countries, instead of brushing them off with a thought-terminating cliché.