Reading about FOSS philosophy, degoogling, becoming against corporations, and now a full-blown woke communist (like Linus Torvalds)

    • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
      54·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately I'm not making them up, because if I was, communism would be far more popular.

      Instead of communists going, "well, maybe I could be better", they go, "it's all western propaganda that makes communism so unpopular, it could not possibly be me that ever does anything wrong".

        • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
          56·
          1 year ago

          "Marxism" polls very popular in an authoritarian 1-party dictatorship that strictly controls the internet, media, and speech, polls unpopular where freedom of speech is allowed.

          This is not the flex you want it to be, you're really just proving my point that communists are terrible at messaging.

            • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
              33·
              1 year ago

              Point out precisely where in this conversation I dehumanized an outgroup like you did with "westoid cesspool", and I'll concede that I am as much of a fascist as you are.

                • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
                  34·
                  1 year ago

                  If you're referring to this comment:

                  “Marxism” polls very popular in an authoritarian 1-party dictatorship that strictly controls the internet, media, and speech, polls unpopular where freedom of speech is allowed.

                  It's not "dehumanizing" to criticize a government. The people of China - for them I have a huge amount of empathy and sympathy. I believe they deserve freedom of speech, and LGBTQ rights, and all human rights. I go out of my way to pay more for fair-trade goods, and avoid companies that exploit Chinese laborers (hello Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon).

                  There is a distinctive difference between unhelpful slurs (westoid cesspool), and legitimate criticism (1-party dictatorship).

                  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
                    410·
                    1 year ago

                    You're not criticizing the government, you're removing agency from people living in China and claiming that they're not capable of making their own decisions. Thinking that you know better than they do is peak chauvinism. The fact that you confuse your racism with legitimate criticism says a lot about you.