Like the entire SMO that NATO has trouble thwarting?

Libs take information at face value and don’t consider it’s context.

https://redsails.org/another-view-of-tiananmen/

If you want to know about any subject, ask a person that is a proponent of said subject first and then get the harshest criticism second and see how the first holds up. You will find an answer eventually in this hegelian dialectic. E.g. You don’t want an anti-feminists explaining feminism to you, without hearing from a feminist first.

you asked what a “tankie” is in one of the very few places on the internet that is a tankie space/instance. Let them explain to you first. The removed comments are “dronies” (politically confused people that hold the same views as western imperialists and are subject to their hegemony) are outsiders that come from other parts of the fediverse repeating the same talking points you read about everywhere else on the (western) internet. (To stay with the analogy: similar to an anti-feminist saying that feminists hate men, when its not true). Comments get removed here when they are factually wrong

The project is set to use 30% less electricity and is powered by wind. Better than the Western approach of building data centers in deserts to waste scarce water for cooling for sure

Cope lol

What no theory does to a mf

radlibs are a specific type of internet progressive that support oppressive, authoritarian regimes.

RFA

Police, however, said the claim that “800 yuan in wages were owed” was false, and that the company was in the process of approving payment of 5,370 yuan in wages. It blamed the factory fire on the arsonist’s suicidal thoughts, and said police would deal strictly with those spreading rumors.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia_for_the_Polish_People's_Republic

If I ask a Pole who was in charge before 1989, they’ll say the Kremlin.

If you ask a lib who’s in charge of the economy, they’ll say the invisible hand of the market. Doesn’t mean it’s true.

The other side is:

• it challenges you to formulate your disagreement
• if the community holds awful takes they never get exposed to a differing opinion (although moderation can do that too)
• there’s people out there that believe: more upvotes = more true and Formulate their opinions based on that
• “dunking” and “ratio” only work if the content of the comment/criticism is valid. Otherwise its just showing your ass

I’ve seen countless good comments downvoted on reddit and .world with no engagement whatsoever just because it didn’t fit passing lurkers worldview, but is otherwise factually correct. Forcing you to comment instead of downvote, let’s lurkers vote based on the content of the comment (obv this lays a burden on moderation, but is worth the tradeoff as it can foster really good discussions and higher understandong of the topic at hand)

Mainly because regardless of the vote being cast as that vs a general “I disagree”, it’s still an indication of disapproval of the commenter.

Here’s the disagreement: one is a disagreement that allows you to vent without challenging yourself, the other is a disagreement where you know what the disagreement is about

You’re conflating downvotes with criticism. Also if there’s no downvotes you’re more inclined to comment (and criticize) because you can’t lazily downvote

Communities that go against hegemonic capitalist/imperialist discourse will always get marginalised. Not being able to take down those communities easily like on Reddit is a huge win by itself for Lemmy. The software offers a valuable savehaven for e.g ex r/chapotraphouse, r/genzedong etc.