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The problem is that over the last decade any nuanced opinions on those topics has become less and less “politically correct”. And that is the correct term, anyone who isn’t politically correct and in line with the liberal mainstream opinion (= imperialist propaganda by the US state department and think tanks) must by definition by a paid shills of Putin, China or Trump. There are those people of course, but the dynamic has become more and more polarized and steeped in conspiratorial thinking. And that is by “design”. It’s profitable and it serves the US imperial agenda and it’s easier to avoids the frustration of talking to trolls and fascists - just paint everyone of a different opinion with the same brush.

I mean you can’t even talk about talking about it, like not seeing those people as anything but “assholes”. The range of allowable opinions has drastically narrowed. It’s not even liberal in the modern sense of the word. People are too scared to be liberal any more.

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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
…saying china is a democracy, or good, the kind of thing I hear these types saying is just as propagandized a take. That’s the issue…

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- LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This comes a bit down to utilitarianism vs ethics based on principles. But that’s a lie, it’s really about who has power.
  
  I’m just watching a video by Majority Report where he talks about the question “Why is democracy is good” which the Democrats sort of fucked up in the election. And he makes a pretty painful point that it’s a “show me, don’t tell me” question. If you live in a democracy and constantly exploited, overworked, fucked over, in terror of economic hardship or terror attacks, harassed by police, then what is the point? What is the benefit? I’m not making the point that democracy is bad, but that a shell of a democracy, a fake, is leading especially the “dirtbag left” to adopt a pretty hostile posture.
  
  So what is the actual quality of life in China vs the USA? What are the actual material benefits looking at living in an apartment, working, raising children and living a peaceful life?
  
  How do YOU know that life in China isn’t actually better and people more happy than in the USA? I don’t believe that is true but it’s a valid question. Of course China has massive problems and corruption and abuses. But there are a billion people there that were on a medieval level after WWII. The CCP has massively invested in e.g. education and healthcare and infrastructure.
  
  Or compare quality of life in China vs democratic India. Same can be said about Iran.
  
  Sure you have freedom of speech with the means of communication owned and controlled by the oligarchs. And you can say whatever you want on reddit and get downvoted to hell - which goes to my previous point, that the propaganda is so internalized and polarized now that you don’t need threats of state violence to keep the population in check.
  
  So those opinions are not just for fun. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer is an aphorism that is leading the west inevitably towards fascism. So all the “posturing” about how superior our principles and freedums are is just… well it’s a delusion. It’s happening right now. They are stealing your future right now and there is nothing you can do because they control the media.
  
  But still the socialists are completely rejected and banned from the largest lemmy instances.
  
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  - Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    This comes a bit down to utilitarianism vs ethics based on principles
    
    No, it doesn’t. Either one, democracy is still better… Science does best with freedom from suppression.
    
    I’m not making the point that democracy is bad
    
    You are, in fact, making that point
    
    which goes to my previous point, that the propaganda is so internalized and polarized now that you don’t need threats of state violence to keep the population in check
    
    Social suppression is a world apart from state suppression, and downvotes on reddit are not an example of keeping people in check. that’s a terminally online viewpoint.
    
    Of course China has massive problems and corruption and abuses
    
    They are literally a dictatorship. That’s an incredible understatement.
    
    How do YOU know that life in China isn’t actually better and people more happy than in the USA?
    
    They are actively commiting genocide.
    
    Sure you have freedom of speech with the means of communication owned and controlled by the oligarchs
    
    There’s plenty of options for uncontrolled communication. Corp suppression is still wholly different from gov suppression;they can’t toss you in jail.
    
    The rich get richer and the poor get poorer is an aphorism that is leading the west inevitably towards fascism.
    
    That’s your opinion, and does not reflect reality.
    
    Your response to a trend toward fascism(which is happening, but not inevitable), is to say we should embrace it like china does?
    
    They are stealing your future right now and there is nothing you can do because they control the media.
    
    Are you intentionally being obtuse about the fact that china has massive censorship. I’m not here to say the usa is good. You’re ignoring European reality, favoring the usa in your arguments because it’s closer to supporting them.
    
    So all the “posturing” about how superior our principles and freedums are is just… well it’s a delusion
    
    We objectively speaking have more freedom of speech than china does at the present moment.
    
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    LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    No, it doesn’t. Either one, democracy is still better… Science does best with freedom from suppression.
    
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