Mastodawn

@LilahTovMoon funniest thing: Trump didn't do shit. He isn't even president yet.

@JorisMeys i would assume this is part of a backdoor deal. tbh. @LilahTovMoon was very right this is part of a quid pro quo between a multi-billion dollar platform and a billionaire president

@walladiethylamide @LilahTovMoon you could also see it as a good joke by the Chinese, very willing to aid the US in destroying its own society. They can cash out, knowing Musk will have a ball ruining shit further.

@JorisMeys the united states is a joke already? our healthcare is gated behind the whims of billionaires and trillionaires, our food is produced in horrific and unsanitary ways, we have some of the worst workers protections and consumer protections compared to other countries "like us", we still occupy stolen land that violates multiple treaties made with native nations, and we have some of the least free press in the world.

what kinda racist, sinophobic shit are you on?

@LilahTovMoon

@walladiethylamide @LilahTovMoon it's called sarcasm, the European kind. Good stuff. A bit strong for some people's taste though.

@walladiethylamide @LilahTovMoon ps: pretending that the chinese regime is some benevolent soft entity, is an insult to chinese people.

Also: the direct goal of BRIC is to replace the dollar with another global reserve currency. Anything that helps... 😎

@JorisMeys i pray you have no systemic power outside of being a white man @LilahTovMoon

@walladiethylamide @LilahTovMoon nope. I don't. Sadly I was born like this, please do forgive me for being white. And male on top of that, the horror.

@walladiethylamide also do check my profile with all the racist stuff and do not hesitate to block and report me. Time for bed for me, have a splendid day yourself.

@JorisMeys joking about china being an evil country while white, european nations are doing arguably worse shit than china is racism. like you don't need to invoke the "evil chinese commies" when you're talking about the united states of genocide.

just because you post for other people means nothing if this is how you're going to show your whole ass. racist sarcasm that furthers western sinophobic propaganda is still racist. like idk dude.

if you're fine with saying the same shit that some racist would, then fine. go off. but you're the one choosing to use language like racists and will likely get treated as such by other racialized people when you're acting like this.

you're an instructor, you do have systemic power. that you don't recognize that, on top of how you think casual racism is fine, truly makes me worry for your students.

i don't block ppl unless they do truly egregious shit. if you're willing to talk, so am i. i will get upset because racism has horrific consequences, no matter how "casual".

i don't want you to go into other interactions in the future and not have some idea that you may be causing harm.

racialized people don't deserve to deal with european racism constantly regardless of how normalized it is.

Joris Meys Jan 20, 2025

@walladiethylamide if I say Israel is committing genocide, is that racist? If I say Russia is out to destroy as much of the European economy as they can to reinstate the big Russian empire, is that racist?

Tiktok doesn't need the US, they could just put a message "this service is not available in your country" and put their US servers overseas. They didn't, and made this circus abt their "savior" Trump instead. Ask yourself why.

Joris Meys Jan 20, 2025

@walladiethylamide and I absolutely agree that various European countries are screwing up in different ways. It's an ugly world out there. All these things can be true at the same time. That doesn't negate that the Chinese regime-like the US, Russi,...- is doing their best to manipulate public opinion at home and abroad, and really want to take over economic leadership from the US. Whether that is "bad" depends on where you live I guess?

@JorisMeys and the us isnt swaying public opinion at home and abroad? the us isnt trying to be the global economic leader? china is allegedly trying to build global communism through diplomacy and trade. the us is trying to build global capitalism through imperialism and genocide. i'm unsure why one of these governments is a regime to you and the other is under threat from destabilization form outside forces.

@JorisMeys china is making mistakes, but they are not at the same scale of the us. china cam be bad and have room for improvement without them being the global evil. the same for russia, though im more skeptical of russia bc pretty imperialist

@JorisMeys the us is a global terrorist organization for fucks sake

Joris Meys

@walladiethylamide word.