Which is why tankies who love both are so maddening.
tanks don't really have a coherent ideology beyond "if Big Bad Empire says it's bad, it's probably good" iirc
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 23 April 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
I dunno, there's some smart tankies with well thought-out arguments etc who when it comes down to it are like "stalinism was cool and contemporary china rocks, yay communism". Domenico Losurdo a good example
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 23 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
tbf the only people I've chatted to who stan for china are chinese citizens. china seems v interesting from an economic & governance point of view
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Thursday, 23 April 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
I don't know, I must get out more and meet all these pro-Chinese non-Chinese people and DPRK cheerleaders - or not, preferably.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 April 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
Comparing China in 1920 to China in 2020, it's no cause for wonder if Chinese citizens are willing to accept many of the drawbacks and difficulties presented by their government.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 23 April 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
Accepting the drawbacks doesn't seem like much of a choice for Chinese citizens.
― Ira Einhorn (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 23 April 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
Accepting the drawbacks of an Indian democratic capitalist system isn't much of a choice to a huge underclass there either, you could go on forever here!
― calzino, Thursday, 23 April 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link