Good read, gives me a lot of hope for this project.
I look forward to an exciting future with all of you.
(Also- hopefully this wasn’t posted already)
https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-06-17_-_Update_from_Lemmy_after_the_Reddit_blackout
This was written by the Lemmy devs.
“Ukraine always suffered famine on a 7 year cycle. This was that cycle.”
Yea I’ve heard the Tankie excuses before. Next you’ll blame the kulaks for not selling their grain to The State because they were too greedy to accept The State’s price for the grain.
So that we’re 100% clear - you’re denying the existence of О операции по репрессированию бывших кулаков, уголовников и других антисоветских элементов? I don’t want to dance around the subject.
I’m not here to defend the US. Fuck the US too.
The government? Goodness, no! The entire purpose of The State is to make sure that there are enough layers of indirection and bureaucracy such that no blame could ever befall The State. The blame will always be at a lower, more expendable level that can be only denied or blamed as a defector or someone disobeying “actual” State policy.
A not insignificant number of parents from villages where State officials wouldn’t look the other way? Certainly. You don’t end up with a gender ratio this fucked otherwise.
The easy way to get around the one-child policy was to not register your child with The State - as pointed out by the Tankie defense of the policy. In order to do that you needed an official willing to look the other way.
Wow, refuted. I am no Tankie, at least not by the definition you linked lol.
I want to know where you get your number from. You mentioned he killed millions. Look, I don’t defend his actions, Fuck Stalin, but all these numbers are absurd!
So you mean the purpose of this police was to make parents kill their children?
You’re clearly not here to have a discussion or engaging in good faith. I said exactly what I said.
The existence of State Officials is to impose the will and authority of The State. The State is often very intentionally vague so that they can claim to enforce whatever it is they wish to enforce without appearing to contradict themselves. It is a very deliberate tactic and the CCP is not the first or only government to do so. Most government laws are written in this manner to be intentionally broad or vague so that it can be enforced how The State wishes it to be enforced because The State exists only to increase and broaden The State’s power. If the public interprets it differently and shows support for it - even better! This is how countries get things like the Patriot Act passed with widespread public approval until the public becomes aware of how The State interprets the law. The State’s primary job is to ensure that the public does not become aware and to deflect and lie as much as possible to defend The State’s position and The State’s authority of power.
Right. Giving off real “I don’t deny the Holocaust but 6.000.000 is looking kinda sus. Smells of Jewish propaganda.” vibes.