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  • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]@hexbear.nettoMemes@lemmy.mlRemember me comrades!
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    10 months ago

    I know it gets used like shit but do you think there’s any utility in the term ‘whataboutism’ if the definition is strict?

    Nope. Because the argument always goes like this:

    1. non-neutral party brings up problem about non-western place
    2. someone says “well this is actually a bigger problem in the west” after which they get le downvoted
    3. the rationale is “well we’re not talking about the west right now so that’s whataboutism”

    The actual problem starts at step 1, and it’s started by westoids and their news media outlets who constantly a) attack free non-white countries (and Russia) b) stay silent about the (usually much worse) stuff the west is currently doing

    For example, how many westoids have ever said anything about the EU overfishing Indian Ocean waters? Instead it’s always China overfishing X, or making Y animal extinct, even though westoids consume 4x more resources per capita and 90% of the rhino and elephant populations were killed by whites since the 1800s. Fuck mayos and fuck anyone who even reasons within their moronic bullshit paradigm


  • Oh wow, it’s almost as if the tiny parcel of land that China controls (less than 10% what the capitalists have) is not sufficient in resources to change the world on its own, so they have to partially adapt to the already existing system in order to have a chance against the west, while still keeping in place socialist policies like eliminating homelessness, small individual plots of farmland, limits on buying real estate on credit, etc

    “OMG this POC must hate themselves because they speak english!” <---- This is you