By the way, side question: what’s the difference between a Marxist-Leninist and a tankie? I’ve heard some say they’re interchangeable and others strongly object to the comparison.

Oh yeah, reddit is an absolute cesspool. I’ll post some milquetoast comment and two days later there’s suddenly three replies within an hour of each other, all being aggressively antagonistic.

They increasingly own a lot of media and exert influence around the world. Tencent, Huawei, partnerships with Disney, etc. These things don’t happen in a bubble.

My thing is, why is it always China lol. No one comes into these spaces with scorching hot takes about the LGBTQ rights in Laos or the economic systems of Cuba.

Because China’s economic and LGBTQ+ circumstances will have a much, much, much more appreciable impact on my life in the coming years than Cuba or Laos.

And what do you mean by “brigading”? That implies that it’s being coordinated.

nods

Unless it’s one or two overzealous chapos with several sockpuppets, there’s some disturbing fluctuations in comment scores.

Ah, thank you, that was great.