• regul [any]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    The disappearance of a nation, something that is very real, has existed forever, and must continue to exist forever, is more important than the survival of the species.

    If I can’t draw lines on a map that delineate where on a language continuum I start considering someone an “other” then, by god, I’d rather die in the climate wars.

  • space_comrade [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    It’s really depressing how some nazi shitbag can say ridiculous shit like “socialism nearly caused the extinction of my people” and you’ll have liberals just nod along with no critical thought existing in their head just because that person originates from an ex socialist country and they’ll say you’ve fallen for propaganda, couldn’t be them no way.

  • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    You know who I’ve never actually heard this from? People who actually lived and grew up under communism. It’s only ever the “I may have been born in 1999, but I am an expert on the horrors communism inflicted on my people.” types who do this. Granted, that’s likely a selection bias thing, since older people aren’t going to be nearly as active in the English speaking parts of the internet, but still, I always hear this from Polish guys younger than me like “We survived the Communists, which means you need to shut up about me saying awful things.” When it’s like, “C’mon man, you didn’t “survive” anything other than capitalism, how can you not see that capitalism is the problem, not communism.”