Why focus on abuses in China in such a paternal way instead of:

• improving our own labour standards,
• making sure of our supply chains everywhere,
• moving away from the system of international competition that weighs human dignity against profitability,
• abandoning our role as whining hypocrites to make a positive change in the world.

Ich finde es falsch, die unmenschlichen Pläne der Regierung auf Basis ihrer Ineffizienz zu kritisieren, statt auf der Basis ihrer Unmenschlichkeit. Am Ende bringt ihr sie noch auf Ideen.

… exploit the population. Use money to propagandise, so you can continue to…

I stopped counting the “Indochina wars” im the 80s. France did for that region what the UK did for the middle east, to be sure.

Europe has a long history of left-wing political violence, while in the United States political violence has been more likely to come from the right in recent decades

This so called history of left-wing political violence is extremely over-reported compared to the slew of actual attempts to terrorise people from the far right. Stories just from the German state of Hesse I can remember rn:

• guy who believes in replacement theory shoots dead 9 in Hanau
• police officers from Frankfurt use police database in attempt to intimidate lawyer representing families of NSU victims
• extremist murders center-right politician for having a somewhat nuanced view on asylum policy
• pride parades need police escorts after multiple interruptions and attack with pepper spray
• socialist and green party offices vandalised
• attempted arson at queer youth centre
• anti racist organisers attacked and beaten

While I concur that a hammer is not the right tool to win a political argument, I do understand that people feel threatened by fascists - it’s because they are.

Will the Brits ever learn not to trust a man called Mosley?

It is a weird move to be sure, but I’m not sure this is a good source, considering the article contains misleading statements about the Chinese involvement in the Korean civil war. 🤷

Man muss wirklich kein Schurke sein, um ein solches Haus zu bauen. Man kann auch einfach sehr reich sein… Warte mal. 🤔