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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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Tankies keep posting "NATO-backed Zionists" on the comm. It's completely delusional because China, Russia, India, etc. all support Zionism as well. I was banned for pointing this out. I knew I was going against tankie narratives so I'm not surprised. It's still pretty pathetic. Tankies literally value their alt-empire over actual meaningful anti-zionism.

FWIW I'm not especially anti-tankie either. I consider them the same as libs. People who are def better than fash but not necessarily allies.

Edit: While I'm complaining... It's worth pointing out that the palestine comm at lemmy.ml is basically spam. There's people distracting with their NATO/Russia politricks. There's people reposting slop from X. I mean what is this post? I'm ok with fundraising if it's actually overt but this is absurd. I should have switched to dbzer0 long ago.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm always kinda torn when someone on .ml pulls that kind of excessive cherry picking. It's absolutely bullshit, and it meets the casual definition of power tripping via artificially and arbitrarily curating an echo chamber, with bans being a symptom of that rather than their own separate piece of trippin

So, yeah, PTB.

But, I think anyone going there for much of anything should know at this point that it's inevitable. Any mention of politics that don't support the echo are going to eventually get banned, be it temporary or permanent. Going to a community that's based around a particularly hot button subject/location and not toeing the groupthink line, well, what would anyone expect? It's almost asking for it. It approaches baiting. It isn't there only by virtue of how absurdly thin skinned the reactions are, but anyone doing it has to know that a ban is incoming at some point.

Yeah, when I do end up on ml or similar I very well know what I'm getting myself into, since I am disrupting an echo chamber. I've been banned twice, IIRC, but I didn't even remotely bother posting it here because I know that it's power tripping, it's not even a question. If anything, it provides some fun for tankiejerk or meanwhileongrad.

NATO and the west force the world to recognize them and countries like China can't just stop trading with them without starting issues with the US. Countries like China and Russia will also happily support the Palestinian cause.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

their inhumane genocide vs our enlightened ethnic management.

campists gonna camp. anyone who abandons class solidarity based upon the nationality of the oppressor isn't a particularly well-read communist. 😂

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

If Tankies could read anything that doesn't agree with their notions they'd be very angry right now and say you're a anarchkiddie

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Not to nato level. China and russia are complicit because of trade but the west and nato back them with weapons and diolomatic protection. I am no tankie snd I believe russia is the agressor but yesh nato back up israel colonization

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

China sends military exports to Israel

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

It is very negligable but they are still accountable for it. It fit with my original framing that the main side ensbling genocide is the west and it's nato alliance

https://tradingeconomics.com/china/exports/israel/arms-ammunition-parts-accessories

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I'm not denying NATO support. I'm just pointing out that almost all states support zionism, especially their regimes of preference.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

In the case of India and China, the basic principle of foreign policy is that we have to recognise and work with the governments of all countries even if we don't like them. Recognition of, and trade with, Israel does not mean endorsement of zionism or any other policy of theirs. We simply recognise national sovereignity as an absolute principle.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

Not sure if china really believe in zionism. China yes believe the creation of israel was legitimate because of the UN supported it which is ridiculous but they do not talk about how israel should forever remain a jewish state . For russia yes I agree they really believe in zionism based on putin own words

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Let's not bring the argument in here too please

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world -5 points 4 days ago

You are free to ignore it