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TeezyZeezy
TeezyZeezy @ TeezyZeezy @lemmygrad.ml
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I just got into the most corny argument about China with a liberal I've ever experienced. (This will be long, my apologies.) This is all real. Word for word.

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  • Exactly. Absolutely asinine. I didn't even want to get into that because it'd be a whirlwind of crap. I know this because I once talked about lobbying (corruption) and he said that he doesn't believe lobbying has that great of an impact on how politicians vote. I'm entirely serious.

    He apparently believes the entirety of the Chinese government is the NPC who controls everything everywhere all the time...

    I tried to hint back at the US being far more of a police state than China and he didn't respond to it, I believe it's somewhere in the discussion. I think I even used that statistic about 22% of the world's prison population. Regardless, this guy genuinely believes our systems work well and is balls deep in American exceptionalism. Pathetic.

    I totally agree with you on the internet thing. I think you put it alot better than I did. For real, weren't they just trying to ban tiktok because "china bad" like a year ago?

    It really is. False premises, fast talking, insults. They then call it a W.

    • I just got into the most corny argument about China with a liberal I've ever experienced. (This will be long, my apologies.) This is all real. Word for word.

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  • Yep. Forget about the destruction of poverty entirely while the US has 600,000 homeless. Forget about slashing pollution more in the last 7 years than the US has in the last 30, despite being the largest economy in the world. Forget about them having a more practical and participatory democracy than any western liberal democracy.

    China bad. Muslim die, see see pee come to your house personally and eat your food if you don't pray to Xi twice daily.

    • I just got into the most corny argument about China with a liberal I've ever experienced. (This will be long, my apologies.) This is all real. Word for word.

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  • Lol.

    Yeah, they never came back to me with anything about proving me wrong or whatever. I'm not too worried about it anymore.

    Thank you, my friend. Sometimes that vile shit gets through to me, though, and I begin doubting myself.

    • I just got into the most corny argument about China with a liberal I've ever experienced. (This will be long, my apologies.) This is all real. Word for word.

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  • I'd love to see that. I have to find that one masterpost about the Uyghur stuff, too.

    No worries. Not off topic at all

    • I just got into the most corny argument about China with a liberal I've ever experienced. (This will be long, my apologies.) This is all real. Word for word.

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  • Literally. I don't understand how someone can believe the CIA is entirely independent of all other government agencies and has no contact or motives within the system as a whole. Disgusting.

    • I just got into the most corny argument about China with a liberal I've ever experienced. (This will be long, my apologies.) This is all real. Word for word.

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  • One of my favorite quotes of his during this whole thing. Right behind "large scale deception is impossible in the US"

    I didn't want to believe that they meant it in that way so I didn't say anything but oh my goodness. What else could it mean? Real humans? Like bro.

    • ‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert

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  • I'm scared. Doomerism sucks, and I am in no way advocating for us to give up. However, being realistic, it is coming. Faster than expected. And there will be no escape.

    I've been thinking about this more and more recently. It's a very odd feeling.