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I think it’s cute!

Right there with ya comrade

I’m so fucking in. Where do I sign up?

Ah, bummer. I’m aware of how it’s used in identity politics, but I’d never considered how that use might foster distrust in an already culturally repressive populace. Sounds complicated, and I’m sure the aftereffects of imperialism haven’t done anything to help the nations they left devastated feel positively about a trend they might identify as foreign in that way.

I’m trying not to get too caught up in semantics here. It sounds like you’re saying that the relocation that the Chinese government puts Uygher people through cannot be comparable to the relocation that other cultures have been put through, and that the lack of a mass death toll is serviceable evidence for that claim. Do I have that correct?

If so, it’s a good point! I think I had a presumption that the true nature of their (and any government’s) crimes was hidden. It does seem a bit far-fetched that it would be possible to cover up the kind of mass death that you’re saying would come with a colonization, so it’s a more reasonable metric than just making assumptions based on vibes I suppose. You’ve at least given me a less propagandizeable thing to research ^_

I largely agree, though Israel has used many nonlethal methods for a long time. There is a lot of violence involved in the process that doesn’t require death. Forced relocation is a pretty classic tactic, for example, which Israe has made ample use of in their ongoing genocide

Well it certainly doesn’t fit the picture I was described! I was told Uyghers were being killed in some cases, and rehoused en masse in others.

If what you’re saying is right, and the Uygher culture is allowed to continue unharried outside of radical minorities then I would agree that doesn’t really compare to the horrors of colonization!

Is it actually illegal to be queer there too? Or is that also exaggerated?

I’m genuinely undereducated here, not an op…

Accepting all that, that’s still essentially colonization, no?

Is there nuance I’m missing here? China’s seemingly codified cultural repression genuinely makes it hard for me to consider supporting them, whether or not they advance the cause of the average worker

See step 2 is really where the meat lies

That’d be my step 1, personally

Step 2 is proving it

It’s funny, I remember when it first came out a lot of the excitement was lowkey about expropriation. Bet that’s the real reason the price ever went up lol

Man I wish I could go

You helped cause this, dummy

Learn and make up for it, then you get forgiveness

Yes!

I want it so bad

I mean does it sound like they’re getting along? Lol

As a trans person, if I woke up to the sudden 180 realization that my life of hatred was based on internalized transmisogyny and the woman I married was a big part of why, I’d probably do something pretty similar! It’s fairly jarring even without that context

I suspect Crystal will level out into a reasonable divorcee in a year or so, but who knows? The Alchemy of the Self is a tumultuous process, and the public eye can’t be helpful

I hope we get some cool countries out of this balkanization at least. Fingers crossed for Cascadia!

I’ll put good money on it being racist

How inspiring! Truly motivational! ☕️

Spirituality is as human at this point as language. For better or worse, we need to master and understand the psychology behind it rather than reject it.

I believe everything you said can be accurately applied to organized religion, however. A religious institution will always be corrupted if it persists long enough because it is a form of state power.

Personal practice can be pretty healthy! But of course, since it is a coping mechanism, if mental illness takes over a spiritual person, their spirituality is always going to be at the forefront of their reasoning because it is the mechanism by which we make choices in absense of logic