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submitted 1 month ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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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 64 points 1 month ago

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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[-] Staines@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago

Western liberals who think they are entirely objective and free of bias really struggle to get to grips with how much of their world view is just patronizing racist chauvinism.

Also I'm not even sure why liberals are permitted on lemmy. Send them and their disgusting violent ideology back to corporate media.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 57 points 1 month ago

They don't have any problems with US corporate media's ideology. They're just mad reddit took away their app treats.

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago

clueless oh I wonder why this is near the top of the active feed even though there's only 6 comments

clicks the Federation button to see the post on its home page

aware

[-] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 42 points 1 month ago

I'm so glad I don't let lemmy.nazi federate to my server lol

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 month ago

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

[-] menemen@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

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[-] hexthismess@hexbear.net 45 points 1 month ago

Lemmy libs in this thread showing they have an aversion to reading

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[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 44 points 1 month ago

defederated from lemmy.world

Have fun, .ml!

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month 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.

[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 39 points 1 month ago

If you are offended by this, you might be incapable of self-reflection

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[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 37 points 1 month ago

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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[-] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 1 month ago

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.

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[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

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