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don't have netflix, hoping there's a torrent or something :D

Well it was originally me starting a mud fight about the meaning of the word tankie, but then we got sidetracked.

IMO, anarchists and communists have more overlap than we might think we do.

I would go even further. If a country exists and everybody has a national identity, all happy citizens. Then one region decides to become separatist. If the rest of the country doesn't let them separate, I would qualify that as imperialism as well.

lmao I'll keep searching for that inner liberal then

true, and a government being elected also doesn't make it immune to bourgeois influence, and especially not to influence from the politicians themselves

cheers, I'll take a look at these but also look for non government-sponsored sources

Alright, well thanks for engaging with me I know I was ruffling feathers.

Okay I may have worded that wrong but that is also misleading. China is a huge power (I say this is a problem as you may recall). Having diplomatic ties with China is necessary for most nations. China refuses to have diplomatic ties with anyone who recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign nation. So, everybody pretends they don't recognize it, officially. In reality Taiwan has its own government and isn't ruled over by China. In 1991, Taiwan/ROC even recognized the DPRC.

by my town no. By another country overseas, yes

Sorry haha got a little carried away with the sarcasm. This narrative is used by the US a lot, for example Black Lives Matter protests

It doesn't elude me that the West tries to paint China worse than it is. Although I have learned a thing or two today.

Again you construe publicly owned and government-owned