Nothing Was The Same was a good album tho fuck drake sure but the production on that was crisp

I’m far from an expert on the topic but I think this write up from the r/sino sidebar is a good starting point:

https://archive.ph/YtEPF

There is a lot of literature referenced in the write up that I’m sure would provide a more in depth understanding but I think it does a good job of providing a gist of things and also some of the historical context of the Tibet-China relationship. Another commenter pinguinu has also pointed out that the liberation of Tibet was a gradual process with many challenges, which I think is important to consider. This quote (which I got from the sino article) outlines both that and also the framework with which the CPC has approached these types of challenges well I think:

“As yet, we don’t have a material base for fully implementing the Agreement, nor do we have a base for this purpose in terms of support among the masses or in the upper stratum. To force its implementation will do more harm than good. Since they are unwilling to put the agreement into effect, well then we can leave it for the time being and wait. …” [Mao Tse-Tung, from Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, Volume 5]

I completely agree, never understood why it irks me but it does

Does it annoy anyone else to see Capital referred to in English as Das Kapital ? I don’t know why this bothers me but it has for a very long time

Or corporations that have clear motivation and willingness to maliciously use and sell your data

a reliable classic meme

This show was so fucking good, the theme song goes stupid hard

I’m cool with this as long as it doesn’t impact the sale of menthol cigarettes in North Dakota

I’ve been visiting the USA for 2 days now and I’ve seen more cops than I ever did in 6 months in China. Not to mention most cops in China aren’t armed, and are actually helpful and friendly rather than intimidating.

I always feel much safer and more comfortable in China than in the US, both from law enforcement/the state as well as other randoms.

🥱🛌😴💤

Well they would be hard pressed to find many Ukrainian WW2 vets in this country who aren’t nazis

Libs wandering in here and dropping a wikipedia link like it is the be all and end all of any discussion will never get old

That must have been such a blissful second

This is easily the funniest thing I’ve seen all week, no one gives a fuck what he has to say lol

Can’t believe people get paid to write trash like this (probably quite well) meanwhile I have to actually do work all day to stay alive

I guess mostly just from searching for solutions to problems in the world. I grew up in an poor urban area and am extremely working class so I’ve seen a lot of suffering. I feel like I’ve also always been inclined to think of things in a dialectical manner even before I knew what that was, so Marxism-Leninism just naturally made the most sense to explain things.

I’d also specifically highlight the NATO invasion of Libya as rocking my world view, as it quickly became so incredibly obvious what the true nature of the “intervention” was and anyone paying attention would have to be blind not to have seen the contradictions as they unfolded.

It really depends, but definitely my ability to enjoy a lot of media/entertainment has declined in the past 4-5 years. I mainly watch sports for entertainment, specifically football/soccer, and for me that is something I am still able to approach mostly with sheer cognitive dissonance. I can still get excited about my club spending £100m on a player despite the obvious ridiculousness of that.

All of the discussion lately over Saudi Arabia and the general eurocentrism of supporters especially the self righteous sort on r/soccer is incredibly annoying, but fortunately it’s easy enough to avoid that.

I definitely still enjoy movies as well for the most part, but I typically go see horror or comedy or whatever and not serious dramas or movies dripping with propaganda so it is easier.

One major thing I used to love and simply cannot appreciate at all anymore is the musical Hamilton. Such a fun well constructed musical but sheesh the content is chauvinistic and liberal.

It costs so much money to do literally anything, so tired of it

I gotta live in a city where I can walk to stuff and see people. Even my current city feels too small and its almost a million people

I think that might be the dish thanks !!