• Vampire [any]
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      2 months ago

      honestly the map is too unserious to merit discussion

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
        hexagon
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        2 months ago

        Except that it's not. China's development has been overwhelmingly peaceful, and China has played a positive role around the globe helping many other nations develop and improve their standard of living. On the other hand, the US has been at war throughout all of its miserable existence, and is responsible for carrying out countless crimes against humanity around the globe. It remains the greatest threat to human existence today.

        • Vampire [any]
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          2 months ago

          See? You could have said that instead of posting falsified maps

            • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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              2 months ago

              the map is far more accurate than it is not though

              Come on, Yog, we can hold ourselves to a higher standard than this. It'd be so easy to just color in Vietnam and then you'd be set, but by posting it in its current form you are actively lying.

              • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
                hexagon
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                2 months ago

                I think there's a difference between invasion/occupation and a minor border skirmish. Like yeah it could've been more accurate, but it does get the point across. 🤷

                • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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                  2 months ago

                  If I was just complaining about border skirmishes, then I'd mention India or something. The attack on Vietnam was more than just a "minor border skirmish".

                  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
                    hexagon
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                    2 months ago

                    Well, feel free to explain how the attack on Vietnam constitutes an occupation. Are you suggesting China's military action was carried out with the intent of annexing a part of Vietnam?

                    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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                      2 months ago

                      Come on, you're more well-read than this. You know that military occupation and annexation are not the same thing.

                      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
                        hexagon
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                        2 months ago

                        You still haven't answered what you think the intent of the military action was. Do you claim any military confrontation is occupation?

                        • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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                          2 months ago

                          I'd more say that the military occupation was done for the sake of confrontation (this is similar to the official Chinese line). It was a really senseless invasion, as far as I can tell (and I disagree with the Vietnamese line that the war was expansionist).

            • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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              2 months ago

              Eh, I think you can illustrate your point a bit better, comrade. The map goes from good agitprop to bad when it is counterable by liberals and leftists alike. I agree with your general point on this post, so I don't think the point itself is bad, but it could be better elaborated on with an actual map that shows what it says it does. Just my opinion.

              • Vampire [any]
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                2 months ago

                The top one is taken from a website called vividmaps where it's countries the USA has had some sort of conflict with

                List of wars being involved in is not a list of countries being invaded and occupied, nice try though.

                The bottom map is just a white map.

                Garbage meme 1/5

                • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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                  2 months ago

                  Yep, it's pretty bad for agitprop, even if I agree that the PRC has had really peaceful development all things considered, and the US is a genocidal empire, this map gets in the way of that messaging.

              • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
                hexagon
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                2 months ago

                That's fair, I like the concept of the map hence why I shared it, but I agree it would be better if it was more accurate. Perhaps worth making a better one.

            • Vampire [any]
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              2 months ago

              One 😂😂😂 bit is the way it even uses a purer shade of white for China.