What a shithole country

Well that’s not very nice.

Russia, formally knows as Muscovy, was culturally defined by the mongol horde

Do you think Mongols are bad?

Muscovy wanted to align itself more with the west and was envy [I assume this is supposed to say envious] of the more modern and more sophisticated culture of the Kievan Rus in todays Ukraine

I guess they must be since “western” Kiev was more modern and sophisticated.

From your other comment:

They apply the asian concept of “never talking about weakness” as russia is the brackish gradient to asian society.

Yeah well your racism is showing. “Brackish gradient to asian society”??? Like do you come up with this yourself or is there some race theorist you’re reading? Is it called Pop Psychology for the Sophisticated Bigot by Dr. A. Whitey?

The article links to this tweet here as a source.

I don’t speak Russian, but I’m transcribing the English subtitles:

Interviewer: How long will the war last?

Mordvichev: I think there is plenty of time to spend. It is pointless to talk about a specified period. If we are talking about Eastern Europe, which we will have to… of course, then it will be longer.

Interviewer: Ukraine is only a stepping stone?

Mordichev: Yes, absolutely. It is only the beginning. I think all kinds of ideologists and instigators of this war will not stop here.

Since he’s a Russian general, I assume that by “instigators and ideologists of this war” he means someone higher up in the US or NATO. Certainly he’s not referring to Putin or the Kremlin. And he’s saying they will not stop here.

Secularism is not the motivation behind this. If it was, this law would have already been on the books for centuries. But Islamophobia is a great way to get the racist vote right now.

I you believe this has nothing to do with Muslims, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

Another step towards criminalizing Muslims. They are a convenient scapegoat for the fascists and libs to channel the anger and hate away from themselves and towards marginalized groups.

No he hasn’t. The management of the old x.com (the one that got bought by paypal) threatened to walk if Elon wasn’t removed from the office. He was always this incompetent.

How is that supposed to work?

This will happen and marginalized groups like illegal immigrants, the homeless, and the disabled will be effectively excluded. Poor people are going to have their finances controlled even more. This will cause deaths.

You’d think the libs at Harvard would mention this. How do you think this actually works?

Better explanation: China has lifted 800 million out of poverty over 40 years, and quality of life has improved massively for almost everyone (also things that are confirmed by western institutions). Why would they not approve of the government?

My impression was that the forced sterilization claim was made up, or at least the evidence was not convincing.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/pentagon-eyeing-australia-for-testing-hypersonic-weapons/aac1a064-6eeb-4709-abc5-a1ed902053c9

If by “reputable” you mean pro-Western.

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Racism comes naturally the Anglo brainpan.

Edit: My apologies to my Anglo brothers and sisters still fighting the good fight and blowing up US government property.

There’s plenty of evidence of China trying to improve the living conditions for Uyghurs in Xinjiang and in the rest of China (poverty alleviation, affirmative action programs for university students, the crackdown against hate speech on social media, …). So imprisoning some people based on some vague “extremism score” and then seemingly releasing them after some months doesn’t show intent to impose living conditions in order to destroy a group. It shows intent on crushing separatism.

Preventing births is true for everybody in China, how does that show an intent to destroy a particular group? It doesn’t.

So we’re left with “serious bodily or mental harm”, which can be explained just as well by an intent to suppress separatism and religious extremism. Literally every war causes some nationality “serious bodily or mental harm” far worse than what China is doing, and we don’t call every war a genocide, do we?

Two years ago, that shit used to be in German newspapers every month or so. Haven’t seen anything in like a year now. Also, pretty sure the UN report didn’t allege genocide, which is what the media here was claiming back then.

Heck I remember one of my friends was under the impression that there was ethnic cleansing and some major refugee movements, despite the media never actually alleging that. But when they hear the word “genocide” over and over, that’s what people imagine.

It’s a western study! Is Harvard part of a communist conspiracy or what’s your point?

Goal post shifting much?

You: It’s just Chinese propaganda with no source!

Me: provides source

You: Well it’s not a Harvard study!

Me: It definitely is.

You: Well that study sucks anyway!

Me: 🙄

Yeah but have you seen what they used to write?

There’s this passage:

Uyghur activists abroad accuse the Chinese government of genocide, pointing to plunging birthrates and the mass detentions. The authorities say their goal is not to eliminate Uyghurs but to integrate them, and that harsh measures are necessary to curb extremism.

Regardless of intent […]

They’re actually doing the false balance thing. When was the last time the western press was fence sitting this much about this issue?

China eased up on their crackdown, which is good, but the western press went so far above what they could prove, they’re now walking back. Actually more like dropping the story: When was the last time you saw a new article about Xinjiang and not some social media echo?

Let’s see how the western press thinks things are going:

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9

The panic that gripped the region a few years ago has subsided considerably, and a sense of normality is creeping back in.

Best bit:

Behind him, a drunk Uyghur man was yelling. Alcohol is forbidden for practicing Muslims, especially in the holy month of Ramadan.

“I’ve been drinking alcohol, I’m a little drunk, but that’s no problem. We can drink as we want now!” he shouted. “We can do what we want! Things are great now!”

Cheers!

“Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, formerly known as the Ash Institute, was established in 2003 and is part of the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States.”

You were saying?

“China’s Orwellian Social Credit Score Isn’t Real”

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/16/chinas-orwellian-social-credit-score-isnt-real/

“China’s Social Credit System Is Actually Quite Boring – A supposedly Orwellian system is fragmented, localized, and mostly targeted at businesses”

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/15/china-social-credit-system-authoritarian/