• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I love that y’all use that as an insult. It only carries any weight in your own echo chamber, you know that right? No where else on the planet (be it a forum or a physical space) does that mean anything. Well, maybe within north korea

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        If “on the planet” you mean primarily the U.S and secondarily the rest of the “west” while excluding the majority of humanity on the planet, then sure.

        You’re so brainwashed and conditioned into believing you have more in common with some ghoul billionaire that values your life insofar as much as they can extract wealth out of you than your own fellow worker.

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          Obligatory comment that brainwashing is a myth rooted in orientalism and later pseudoscience, propagated by the US in order to make excuses for US soldiers defecting during the Korean War (et al).

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          I mean everywhere that isn’t China or Russia or one of their satellites/annexes yeah.

          Not sure where you got the billionaire thing, I’ve never defended them, in word or action. (Living in a capitalist country and needing a job for resources doesn’t make me a billionaire apologist)

          Liberalism and billionaire worship are not the same thing, same as communism and xi are not the same thing.

          To be clear: just because xi figuratively leads a communist country doesn’t mean this policy is perfectly communist.

          Same thing goes for billionaires existing in a liberal society.

          Lastly, the existence of either doesn’t invalidate the tenets of either ideology

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          This is a message board, where we reply to each other.

          By your approach: why did you feel the need to defend him? See? Silly.

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          This is a message board, where we reply to each other.

          By your approach: why did you feel the need to defend him? See? Silly.

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                  1 year ago
                  1. A handle does not imply gender, I’ve been around since early IRC and it’s never been true.

                  2. I referred to you as “y’all” when I replied directly. When I replied later I didn’t even look at your name again, or remember who you were. I replied to “shimmering koi”. Is that a fish person? Obviously not.

                  3. I fucking hate tankies but I have zero issue with any gender, pronoun, sexuality, race, ethnicity, etc. If I ever had to talk to you again, I’d be fine to refer to you as whatever you want. But I wouldn’t remember you because this is a anonymous social media platform and identify is meaningless.

                  4. I forgot to block you in the first place lol

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        I am pretty sure “classist” is seen as a valid insult even among radlibs, and many other people believe in equivalent terms (“elitist” is not too far off)