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"Ummm actually, both things can be bad."
"Uhh sweety, both things can be bad actually."
"Have you considered that hypothetically China bad."
"Both things are bad, unlike you tankies we can critise all types of imperialism...
You know more than one country can be dangerous, inhumane and unjust, right?
You know that being from a country doesn't automatically mean you agree with everything that country's government does, right?
You are from that country, tho. So do something about that or shut up about the foreigners.
Not to mention, "Tiananmen Square massacre" is a fabrication from US and their UK media lackeys in the same way they fabricated the beheaded babies and the Nayirah testimony and literally too many instances to name.
What happened was a violent clash between the government and US sponsored terrorists trying to hijack a wide-tent protest which dissipated quickly after the violence started. The US kills and has continued to kill more people than that on a weekly basis for decades, without even the veneer of legitimate self defense. Kent State massacre, the entirety of COINTELPRO, MOVE bombings, the killing of the Ferguson protesters.
There's one person in jail RIGHT NOW for every 200 in the US. Cops kill black and latino people on camera, unprovoked, following horrible displays of cruelty, then flaunt it in your face that you're gonna pay for them to do it again.
Shut up about china or anywhere else in the world that isn't funded by your government fr.
You are from that country, though. So do something about that.
Are you assuming I haven't because no one has stepped in and singlehandedly fixed all of the US's problems? What are you expecting?
shut up about the foreigners.
You mean foreign governments. I have no issue with any group of "foreigners", just the governments that brutalize them.
Speaking of, why are you talking about America at all, while telling people to "shut up about the foreigners".
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Speaking of, why are you talking about America at all, while telling people to "shut up about the foreigners".
Peak gringo deflection. Because unlike USians speaking about countries they're actively, openly sabotaging, the rest of the world should be able to criticize the one government trying to fuck us all in the pursuit of having everything for its ruling class forever. I'll stop talking about the US the moment y'all fuck off and stop stealing all our wealth through your financial and military apparatus, or spreading torture and terror through proxies because it's "the strategy" only to use it as an excuse to talk about us like animals. I'd be happy to never again remember your shit stain of a country.
It isn't just the government, it's also the fact that the US is the world's imperial hegemon, and a settler-colonial state. There's a large portion of workers bribed by the spoils of imperialism and settler-colonialism into complacency with the status quo, or even enthusiastic support. The oppressed black, chicano, indigenous, and other nations within the US are in general not just fucked over by the capitalists and state, but by their fellow workers.
It's important that we identify the core issues with the US Empire, and that we don't white-wash its genuine problems away and push them all on the state or the bourgeoisie. The working class needs to unite, but to truly do so, we have to recognize and align on anti-imperialism and decolonization, both of which require a large portion of the working class to work against their own class interests.
What happened was a violent clash between US sponsored terrorists trying to hijack a wide-tent protest which dissipated quickly after the violence started.
Can you support this claim with evidence?
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More than thirty years later, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 remain a touchstone of a Western mythology spun to challenge the fundamental legitimacy of the Communist Party of China.Qiao Collective
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Momotaro Dentetsu 2 hits Switch/Switch 2 in Japan Nov. 13th, 2025
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Fundamental Research Labs nabs $30M to build AI agents across verticals
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Fundamental Research Labs is releasing multiple AI products related to gaming and productivity.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
Review: Gracie Abrams steps into the spotlight with flawless Lollapalooza performance
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Review: Gracie Abrams steps into the spotlight with flawless Lollapalooza performance
After opening for Olivia Rodrigo on the Sour Tour and Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, Abrams cements her status as the main draw and not just a go-to supporting act.Selena Fragassi | For the Sun-Times (Chicago Sun-Times)
An internal British army media report has acknowledged that Israel is “bombing hospitals and ambulances”, claiming its troops are breaching the Geneva Convention in ways not done by Germany in World War Two.
The comments are contained in an interview between a senior army doctor and a presenter from the UK military’s own communications department, who draw parallels with Israeli conduct in Gaza and Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
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Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals ‘similar to Russia’, internal British army report says
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US military chaplaincy marks 250 years of providing spiritual support to service members
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ICE, Georgia Sheriff’s Office Combine Forces To Keep A Salvadoran Journalist Locked Up Indefinitely
This too will be swept away by this administration’s steady stream of injustices, but it’s still worth highlighting before it’s buried by even worse news later. The mass deportati…Techdirt
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Tutto su Trentino DataMine, che realizzerà il data center nella miniera di Tassullo
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Global corporations in Korea warn against pro-labor bill
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South African authorities are facing mounting pressure to sever ties with Israel and expel Israeli diplomats, amid growing outrage over its genocide by starvation campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Several activists told Middle East Eye that they had intensified their campaign to end what they called South Africa's complicity in Israel's war on Gaza, where more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded.
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Pressure mounts on South Africa to sever ties with Israel, expel diplomats
South African authorities are facing mounting pressure to sever ties with Israel and expel Israeli diplomats, amid growing outrage over its genocide by starvation campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip.Azad Essa (Middle East Eye)
Will Trump’s tech policies propel U.S. success against China?
As China mobilizes all its resources for an all-out contest for technological supremacy, the U.S. cannot afford economic inefficiencies and to push its closest partners away.Mariko Togashi (The Japan Times)
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Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday, July 23, that it is “in the final stages of submitting a formal intervention in the ongoing proceedings at the ICJ, brought by South Africa on the basis of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.”
In December 2023, the South African government filed a case with the ICJ to initiate proceedings on allegations of genocide against "Israel".
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Brazil will also go to the ICJ against 'Israel's' genocide of Palestine
However, the paths that the South American giant has been taking under President Lula da Silva's governments are tortuous and gradual.Carlos Tautz (Brazil will also go to the ICJ against 'Israel's' genocide of Palestine)
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