• jaybone@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    And then in another Lemmy thread right now, praise for the Chinese on their affordable EVs that will save the environment.

    • Transporter Room 3@startrek.websiteBanned
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      2 years ago

      Depending on where you go, it’s either “this country is a fascist regime as reported by these hundreds of outlets worldwide and here’s the shady shit they’re doing”

      Or

      “This tragically misunderstood DEMOCRACY (they call their leader PRESIDENT not DICTATOR emoji spam) is leading the world in literally every metric, have made 10,000 breakthroughs in every science but THE WEST won’t let them share, here’s 3 state sponsored media outlets confirming what I just said gif spam

      Not a whole lot in between.

    • Lumilias@pawb.social
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      2 years ago

      It’s almost as if nuanced discussion is discouraged on platforms like this.

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      2 years ago

      Read the article instead of the gotcha title.

      The Philippines has been known to use cyanide for fishing for the past 60 years. The Philippines coast guard says they haven’t found any actual evidence that China is using cyanide in the area.

      The only proven thing, according to the article is that China is being a huge dick and forcefully trying to claim areas of the sea they have no right to and overfishing the area while keeping a lot of Philippine fishers out.

      There’s a small handful of countries being total dicks right now around the world. Nato needs to grow a pair and sanction the hell out of them. Russia, n Korea, China, and a few other countries just need fully cut off and have a non negotiable and irrevocable minimum 25 year sanction put in place. That would be long enough that other manufacturers and companies/countries would invest in picking up and creating supply lines and manufacturing facilities. No one would be willing to invest in picking up the slack if they know it’s only short term. Keep them in a damned box.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      2 years ago

      Maybe painting 1.4 billion people with the same brush is a bad idea. Who’d have guessed?