Diarrheatical materialism

The amount of racist copium in this article is insane.

Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist who was recently released after serving three years in prison in China on charges of endangering national security, has described China as a “locked paradise” where prosperity and technological prowess help whitewash the abuses of authoritarianism.

Oh no, the evil seeseepee is bribing people with a good life to keep their power, literally 1984, oh no wait people get poorer and poorer in that book, literally Brave New World!!!1!

Is there a limit to the intellectual dishonesty these MSM rags can put out?

Even though they're self-professed leftists, they can't get over their racism and western supremacism so easily 🤷

That's pretty much the quiet part

Hey, NAFOids don't call it "The New Orc Times" for nothing

"Dominate or die", a totally normal and definitely not fascistic worldview

Reality is Russian propaganda

Somehow the genocide in Gaza is a moral conundrum that can be prolonged for as many months as needed until the western liberals make up their mind whether it's ok or not

By and large, tech workers specifically are some of the least amenable to class consciousness I have ever seen- believe me, I’ve tried.

Same here. I swear, working in tech as a communist will drive you insane sooner or later. All the colleagues I've worked with range from grindset hustlers, "work hard" types who gladly chug the corporate koolaid, liberals who conscientiously read mainstream media to "stay informed and not fall for propaganda" i.e. they tow the US line on Ukraine, Palestine, China etc - all the way to manosphere chuds, anti-communists and ancap cryptobros and, presumably, crypto-fascists.

I've tried spreading a little class consciousness here and there, but it's hard and if you use a word that sounds just slightly socialist, the discussion is over most of the times.

The incentives to radicalize are just not there. The pay is relatively good, KPIs and decent raises and title changes give you the impression of meritocracy, the job tends to be mentally draining, and often tech workers are passionate about tech and have it as a hobby in their free time. So this usually means less paying attention to current events beyond the easily accessible mainstream news (because it's easier to stay in the same tech context in your spare time, or just chill), and more belief that the system is working and that the poors can be disregarded because it's their failure, not a systemic issue.

I got called a vatnik irl for pointing out there are neonazis in Ukraine and that Western media reported on them before 2022

And it's usually the same people that make appeals to nature wherever they can, not just when defending capitalism. Funny how easily they contradict themselves

Reactionaries would unironically say this in the most matter-of-fact way possible