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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well whenever regular people go in to their communities they get ridiculed and have their comments removed or even banned, so what's the difference?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just got banned from Hexbear for saying something negative about China and the US at the same time. They have no tolerance of any discussion that challenges their preconceptions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not denying anything bad happened here. It's bad to cause a genocide from either party. It's bad to for the US to have stolen land from the Native Americans, forcing them to relocate in shitty places, and systematically destroy their culture through isolation and cheap alcohol.

It's bad to force Uyghurs into "re education camps" to erase their culture and harvest their organs.

It's bad for the US to have squashed protests about the Vietnam War in front of the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention.

It's bad for the CCP to have squashed calls for democracy and freedom of speech in Tiananmen Square.

It's almost like people in power do shitty things regardless of the type of government.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have evidence to the contrary. The Revolution had 16 reasonable demands including a reelection of the current government heads, the right for workers to strike, and the freedom of speech. The fact the USSR sent tanks to squash demands for freedom of speech definitely foreshadowed the tactics China would use in the Tiananmen Massacre.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

You can even tell who they are if they have a gender pronoun tag next to their username. I get it might be helpful in casual conversation with these folk but the format of conversations here don't give too many chances for them to be used.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mexico encouraged Americans to move into Texas as means to populate and develop the area so long as the settlers agreed to assimilate to Mexican culture. Unfortunately the settlers weren't loyal to the Mexican government and started a revolt for independence when Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829. Thanks to the fumblings of general Santa Anna, the rebels captured him and had him sign the Treaties of Velasco in 1836 essentially conceding all land above the Rio Grande to the rebels in exchange for his life.

This of course infuriated the central Mexican government and they refused to ratify the treaties. Due to internal instability though the central government was unable to do much about it and had no choice but to leave the matter alone. It was only after Texas was admitted to the US as a slave state did president James K Polk start a fight with Mexico over the territory that eventually led to Mexico's defeat and loss of all other land that make up the states you're referring to.

Even though all Mexican citizens who ended up in the new American borders were invited to stay as American citizens, some were systematically deported over the years well into the early 20th century.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pancho Villa attacked US border towns in 1916 which prompted general John J Pershing to launch an unsuccessful expeditionary force to capture or kill him. The Mexican American War happened in 1846 to 1848 which was before his time. I think you might be referring to the Mexican Border War that was part of the bigger Mexican Revolution going on at the time. Either way I doubt Mexico would allow another military incursion from the north this time around.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I've done that actually. It's only been 2 months since that encounter but here's hoping.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

No. There hasn't been any evidence to convince me of the existence of such an entity.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and generally anyone who wants to convert me to their fucked up religion when they knock on my door. Why should I be civil when they bother me at my house on my time off to dictate what I should believe in? If I'm interested I'd go to them and not the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Which country? Europe has a pretty large spectrum of policies depending where you live. On average though I'd say your standards of living are still better than what the average American would enjoy.

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