CatholicSocialist

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[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

The Civil War was imperialism but it was good imperialism. Fascist breakaways are a bit different: the Union taking over the South was infringing on their self-governance, but that's a good thing, Confederates were pure evil. It's like after WWII and Axis powers became occupied, could you technically call that colonialism? Maybe, but they needed to be.

If Taiwan was blatantly fascistic, genocidal, had slavery, etc. I would support China colonizing them... but they aren't. They're neoliberal (much like China), which is lame, but they're not a Nazi state. Remind me, who was the first in Asia to legalize gay marriage?

Your comparison is bad faith.

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (27 children)

Muddied? There's this thing called "nuance." I support Donbas independence, I simply don't think it gives Russia the right to invade anywhere outside of Donbas, is that that complicated to understand?

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

No shit sherlock.

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

Tell me this, does this supposed "socialist system" have workers owning the means of production? How are factory conditions again? Hell you can't even particularly call them a social democracy, they don't have complete universal healthcare like Europe yet, and they have less than half the paid leave! Socialist system with billionaires, LMFAO (I don't care if the rules are stricter and they're held more accountable, the fact they exist in the first place is pure capitalism).

And I'm calling them fascist because of how they treat political dissidents and minorities.

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (29 children)

Read the first two words of my comment tankie 🤣🤣

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I think all regions deserve self-autonomy determined by democratic referendums, unlike the tankies that think the Republic of China should be re-annexed...

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (34 children)

Uh, yes? I don't support the blatant invasion and warcrimes by Russia but I can recognize Ukraine has a fascist problem too.

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (90 children)

So let me get this straight, a group of people overwhelmingly wish to separate, and the government tries to prevent them from doing that, and you don't think that's imperialism? I bet you don't feel the same about separatism in Catalonia, Donbas, Kurdistan, or the Zapatistas. Classic tankie logic: imperialism good when done by purported "communists."

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (17 children)

What the fuck? Why are we endorsing fascist state capitalists?

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