A certain Albanian (and a certain Wisconsonian) would probably agree.
Israel is a glimpse into what Germany would be like today if the Nazis had won. The crimes, but also the cringe.
Sadly, we're kinda experts on Nazism.
This did not help whatever point they were trying to make.
OH NO, THEY WERE SITTING IN ROWS, THIS IS FASCIST, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DISORGANIZED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS JUST LIKE IN THE UNITED SHITHOLE STATES OF AMERICA!
Azov downvoter is apparently at work in this comment section.
Yeah, I know they were wrong the last 187 times about China, but this time they’re totally right and China will collapse any day now!
It's the same process they use to justify whatever war the United States currently happens to be waging. "Sure, the US government lied to us about Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc., but this time is different, I swear!"
Like the old proverb goes: Fool me once, shame on you fool me a hundred times, and I just might be a lib.
all it takes for me to believe it is to see the fear in the faces of Chinese people when asked certain questions.
The "I talked to one person so now I'm an expert on the situation" school of historical anyalysis.
"Our system doesn't provide for its people very well, but at least it's more moral" is not the strong argument you think it is.
Okay, what is with all the Democrat-defending libs in this thread. Reddit-tier logic.
Hey now, we don't use that kind of language here, we prefer "relatively civilized, relatively European"
Does lemmy.world allow criticism of the CCP?
Am a little confused by your post, comrade. Exactly which SSR are you talking about?
People who said the computer would end up being one of the most useful scientific tools ever invented were (1) right, but (2) also didn't anticipate how whole sectors of western academia would end up just browsing social media, collecting some screenshots, and presenting the whole together with some lazy-ass graph as "research."