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Bwahahaha

Oh that's a good one. Let me get into why it is funny

As someone who doesn’t give a fuck about you or your individual experiences,

I say you sure are arrogant for assuming any man would be interested in you.

The lack of self awareness. Note how these two ideas can exist in his head at the same time.

I say you sure are arrogant for assuming any man would be interested in you.

I just directly said I would prefer if men weren't. You mean this as some sort of insult but it'd be a relief if actually true!

Also, the idea that this is the best insult you can come up with, the idea of men being uninterested in me. A real poverty of imagination here.

Anyway, thanks for the chuckle.

He straight up didn't call all men rapists and dangerous, he said:

I feel like women have every right to just give up on us men

I feel like I'd give up on eating pasta if one out of every ten had a big shard of glass in it. Doesn't take every one having a shard of glass.

Would you let 10 deadly snakes into your home if only 1 would bite you? How about 9?

Anyway while you're weighing that I'm going to be somewhere else doing lesbianism as someone who is bi but refuses to deal with men's bullshit.

I can feel the harm reduction

Yeah, that and the degradation and praise elements

I thought the joke was the inherent homoeroticism of Glados

I think it came closer to democracy as an ideal than any capitalist one tbh, especially before destalinization and the entrenchment of the bureaucracy that came with it.

Also the world isn't sliding toward fascism, that is just the US led imperial core as their power over the rest of the world slips. Plenty of places are freeing themselves right now, look to the west African confederation

I feel like reading through that just makes it feel like the USSR was more democratic back then than we are now.

Countries within the capitalist system which are underdeveloped through violence and coercion in order to be able to extract a higher surplus value extraction to constant capital ratio for capitalists is the gist of it.

Please let me know if there are any terms or concepts I should break down further. (Earnest)

Honestly it sounds like you're just coping by suggesting this argument:

Imperialism is the main contradiction of our era. China presenting a viable alternative to US/European hegemony and helping to usher in a multipolar world is a major accomplishment that will improve global wellbeing.

Isn't:

Rational- it is, the argument is based on an understanding of anticolonial and multipolar theory. If you'd like to learn Id suggest starting off with "wretched of the earth" and "imperialism the highest stage of capitalism" before moving on to more modern stuff

On topic- you were complaining about China doing bad shit without getting into specifics, I said "yeah, like (examples of massive accomplishments)" and then I mentioned that they were helping erode a unipolar imperialist system. I think helping to erode a unipolar imperialist system is a big accomplishment and fits into the topic.

Good faith- I don't see how I've given any indication that I'm not being earnest in my beliefs.

Moving goalposts- i really don't know how to respond to this, where do you think I initially placed them, and where do you think I moved them to?

Nope! I'll check it out.

The periphery. Basic term if you've read anything serious on capitalism and how it functions in the world.

Are you including the periphery in that statement?

Probably just my tone, or felt unpleasant at the idea that they've integrated fascist ideas into their worldviews.

OK, so China has looked out for its own interests and created an economic advantage for a fraction of its own population.

800 million people being lifted out of poverty is a massive achievement. How dare the evil communists do good things because it keeps them popular for some reason /s

And yet, still the largest source of methane emission.

Wow, I bet China hasn't thought about that. https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/what-does-chinas-new-methane-plan-mean-for-the-climate/#:~:text=Implementation%20is%20key&text=For%20example%2C%20the%20plan%20requires,and%20exceed%2085%25%20by%202030.

As a product they can sell. Let’s not pretend like this has some altruistic motivation.

Making solar cheaper and selling it to people who would otherwise use fossil fuels is good actually.

In fact, the BRI is trapping numerous countries in unsustainable levels of debt. At the same time, bilateral trade, though often increasing after the conclusion of a deal, remains one-sided, where China extracts resources for exports but imports cheap finished goods of questionable quality that undermine local manufacturers. reference

You didn't read this critically, if you did you'd see some of their sources being guardian articles that are like "some people are concerned about how much money China is loaning out" which doesn't really prove anything. If you look at their history of debt forgiveness you'd realize this rhetoric is just projection from IMF ghouls.

India has repeatedly said it will not join BRI because it does not offer a level playing ground to the country’s businesses. reference

Okay? They're free to do protectionism for local bourgeois industry. You'll note China hasn't sailed ships into their harbors and insisted with rifles, unlike the Europeans.

Let’s stay on topic. If you want to discuss NATO, we can do that after.

Imperialism is the main contradiction of our era. China presenting a viable alternative to US/European hegemony and helping to usher in a multipolar world is a major accomplishment that will improve global wellbeing.

Ecofascism is a legit problem, people in the US would rather have unsustainable lifestyles than not commit genocide.

You can just Google "overpopulation ecofascism" and the first few results in normal and scholar mode are pretty good (the former for well cited intros, the latter for more in depth stuff on the topic)

This isn't an argument, please edit the comment.

Your info is out of date, now the cia is pushing "cultural genocide" because "genocide" was remarkably uncredible. Remember the delegations of Muslim countries to the region?

Hong Kong was a British colony that is part of mainland China. They're Chinese. Integrating them into the wider system is a step in erasing the legacy of colonialism in China.

black-bagging dissidents

Literally name a country that doesn't do this lol. Here in the US local police have off the books torture and indefinite detention facilities

Name 5 scholarly works you've read on fascism, or 3 on ecofascism specifically.

In other words: I have a lot of knowledge about this shit. The overpopulation myth is tied to fascism at the hip. You've integrated fascist propaganda into your worldview if you think overpopulation is the issue.