Many people on lemmy.ml deeply respect and admire authoritarian governments and organizations.
Iran, China, North Korea, Soviet Union…
The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.
Iran hangs homosexuals. Iran shot 30,000 people in less than than 2 weeks. The Soviet Union had to build a fucking Iron wall to prevent people from escaping. The Soviets lied about the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. China censors the internet. China wants to eliminate Islam. North Korea is a totalitarian hellscape. Watching anime is a crime.
Why is lemmy.ml so fascinated with authoritarians?
It is possible to oppose unipolarity and criticize China at the same time.
Certainly. I criticize China for some things. But I also critically support it and refute misinformation about it. That’s what makes people call me a “tankie.” Having a single kind word to say about anything China does tends to be enough to earn that label. The way I see it, to not be a tankie, you have to be completely and uncritically opposed to everything they do.
Well to me that’s not being a tankie - it’s just being willing to deal in nuance. But I was responding to your comment, in which you seemed to conflate criticising China with supporting US unipolarity. If that’s not what you meant then we have no disagreement.