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Even to the (insufficient, overblown) extent that it happens, lifting “the poor” Han Chinese out of poverty by putting other populations (Uighurs) under slave labour instead, is not the moral win you’re implying.

If an ethnic cleansing is part of the requirements, to stop committing humanitarian atrocities towards “the poor”, that’s still an atrocity.

Disclaimer, the USA, just like every authoritarian state, is also disgusting and criminal.

Tl;dr:

France tries to pass an extremely unpopular reform on its colonized island on the other side of the world, allowing french citizens to vote after 10 years of staying on the island, that just so happens to be the world’s 3rd largest nickel exporter.

Locals, already fucked by years of colonialism and being economically disadvantaged, protested, and in the escalating violence, were suppressed by armed police, that killed 3 young locals. One policeman dies, days later in the hospital from a wound.

France locks down the airport and port with military, applies 12 days lockdown to the already curfew’d capital, and stations another 500 police men on top of the 1800, making for almost 10% of the population now, being french police.

Tiktok is banned, because it was said to be the main way protesters organised.

Their politicians claim no colonialism is happening.

This article sensationalises the violence of the protesters, and dryily describes that of the French state.

It is also ordered such that the heavier crimes against the people of the island, are placed after: a vapid introduction that “takes no sides”, one mandatory extra click to “load the rest of the article”, and a bunch of ads.

Did I stutter?

Sam would literally sell anything necessary he had, in order to keep his dear Frodo from having to do such a thing.

Wow! Another season! Maybe this time they’ll finally fix the online match-starting experience bugs! Right?

… Right?

I’m having mixed feelings, about “gay panic” being reclaimed as “cute panic attack”.

On one hand, it’s cute, memably useful, and makes me feel fuzzy inside.

On the other hand, it (and “trans panic”) are the names of legally enshrined excuses to literally murder or otherwise assault lgbt folks, and get off with significantly reduced sentences (on the scale of half what would otherwise be) from the courts. Because once, in the distant past of —(literally today’s 10 American states still??? Wtf???), “being sexually approached and panicking, flying into mad rage from disgust, and assaulting/killing them”, was called gay panic, gave reduced sentences, and was seen as reasonable defense.

Maybe, making history(and apparently present politics) harder to remember and research, should be avoided. I’m not sure what’s right, people will decide that by using the language. But I think personally I’ll try to avoid this, admittedly cute use of the phrase.

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(I’m assuming you mean “shut up about China”, tell me if I’m wrong)

Yeah, as you correctly say, it’s a global (mostly first world) phenomenon, which, in the unique (but not special) case of China, gets its unique (but not special) flavor, worth exploring.

I’m not from China, but chunks of these stories resonate with mine and my acquaintances experience, in our own country, and others are very different.

Should all that not be reported?

Just bought Lil Gator Game, Just finished Lil Gator Game.

Was moved to tears multiple times.

In all seriousness, I recommend it as fuck. And it plays amazing on the deck too.

Basically all this.

It’s become my primary gaming medium, and to be honest, it earned it’s price from the amount of time I initially spent setting up shit, which was a blast. Easily 50 hours of setup and installations before I clocked 10~20 hours of gaming, and I loved every second.