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So does that mean they're going to drop the South China sea thing and leave Taiwan be? Stop trying to push other nations around? Or are they going to stay organ harvesting, genocidal hypocrits? I know which one I'm betting on
I've noticed an uptik of pro Chinese propaganda content here on lemmy in recent days. I am afraid the fediverse had been discovered.
ve noticed an uptik of pro Chinese propaganda content here on lemmy
Your instance must not be federated with lemmy.ml or lemmygrad, and it shows.
Cryptic comment?
They’re tankies and you know it
Nope, very new to Lemmy so I'm ignorant about that.
So, lemmy.ml, lemmygrad.ml, and a few other Lemmy instances have a reputation as being "tankie" (aka, aligned with overseas communist or former-communist powers). Their users will effectively attack any western viewpoint (e.g Gaza genocide) but remain completely silent on any topic related to Russia or China (e.g Uigihur genocide). They argue in bad faith and exist as a propaganda tool only.
Is the creator of lemmy one of them? I saw the username for lemmy's creator in wiki and on the same day, bizarrely enough, he replied to my comment while defending north Korea of all places.
Yeah he is actually
Yeah. Dessalines is a lemmy dev and an admin of lemmy.ml (which is effectively the dev's official instance). And he has some very questionable views on Russia/China and censorship in general.
Any chance you could link to some examples?
Edit: I ask because I just scroll through lemmy without actually knowing which instance is showing which content. I've heard the same sentiments voiced about lemmy.ml but never really looked into it.
On Reddit too. You'll see alot more of it everywhere as the US hands over global dominance to China and their soft power increases, until it presumably becomes as ubiquitous as american propaganda and you don't notice it anymore
Since when does China give a shit about small countries? Are they trying to sway a UN vote or something?
Kremlin playbook: just say what you are doing and it's reverse. See where they stick.
They seem to care about having customers. It's self interest, but not malignant... Taiwan being the exception.
And Hongkong, and India, and Tibet ...
Pot to kettle: you’re black
Ah yes China, well known for... invading countries like the US does instead of dealing with things diplomatically and economically
9 Dash Line isn't diplomacy.
China's only really become comparable to the US in the past couple decades. Give it some time. Their increasingly heavy-handed posturing around Taiwan for instance seems to say they're well on their way.
Whatabout USA ...
/nottheonion