Thank you, and you’re welcome.

If you ever come across this problem again, this is how you can attempt to resolve it:

Open the image in GIMP > Click “Colors” tab > Click “Color to Alpha” > Choose the color you need to get rid of (in this case, black) > Manipulate the “Opacity threshold” slider until you get the desired effect > Post your newly edited image :)

Here is a small catalog of content to help you compare the Xinjiang in your mind with the Xinjiang in the real world.

1. Western Media’s Baseless Xinjiang Claims 外媒的涉疆谎言 Xinjiang Cotton 🇨🇳 Unseen China
2. Western Media’s Xinjiang Lies Exposed 外媒新疆谎言大揭露 🇨🇳 Unseen China
3. The Xinjiang they don’t want you to see… (CW:Meat {for the vegans})

Should you choose to engage in good faith, further discussion is welcomed once you have reviewed the content.

Living in China is always my go-to, especially for showing liberals the big bad bogeyman they’re so afraid of.

Personally what intrigues me the most about breadtubers is how they become mild and inoffensive versions of themselves after becoming popular/well-off. Like, what causes that? Is it that the societal problems they criticized no longer applies to them? Is it the allure of advertising money? Is it secret CIA threats? I really do wonder.

The same exact cause for hungry as fuck “progressives” like AOC to settle and water down and tiptoe away from their original mission: They’ve switched classes and, therefore, their new class interests are in conflict with their original mission. What’s there to be hungry about anymore when you start being fed really well? Why continue trying to destroy the status quo when it’s benefiting you materially? This is why it’s important to maintain loyalties to class interests (in this case, the interests of the proletariat), instead of individuals who are susceptible to corruption. China does this very well and provides the blueprint.

I think they share the anxiety tone of this article’s author by worrying about leftists being on the rise.

Exactly. Leftists being on the rise in stable spaces where the state cannot easily intervene or back them up (liberal hegemony in crisis).

The creation cannot be stopped!

Censoring leftist opinions interests will be much harder.

We’re way too dependent on words like “opinions” and “disagreements” which are much, much better replaced with words like “interests” and “disputes”. This way, we can further eliminate the cultural phenomenon of debatebros talking people in circles.

Good take, though.

Most people wouldn’t let the first person they stop on the street sift through their camera roll. They want their achievements, failures, and little life moments to be kept sacred. So after a decade of airing our most intimate moments in public, the pendulum is shifting back. People are more selective with their communities and are reverting back to an old-school way of interacting. It’s hard to know how the change will affect the online atmosphere over the long term — some evidence suggests the shift will create a healthier digital experience, but it also risks further dividing people into like-minded echo chambers.

The collapsing of US state-affiliated social media platforms’ hegemony is finally upon us. They use these platforms for war (psychological warfare more than anything) and cheating, just like every other channel of influence, and working class people have had enough of being fucked over and manipulated, as well as being enslaved to doom scrolling. I’ve been patiently waiting for over a decade for this. Now, finally, people are pivoting back to high quality discourse and relationship building. We’re also increasingly seizing the means of communication (think Lemmy and other equivalents under the AGPLv3 license), which puts the control of culture firmly in our own hands.

He’s gone sickle mode

Just curious here. What are your solutions to the endlessly decaying social and material conditions of the West?

Edit: I think I got caught in the bit again

Absolutely. Unlike liberals, who have no sense of direction or any clue how to move toward the future, communists actually engage in development, both self and collective. Thus, we have a future, whereas liberals stand still and let all of this just pass them by (like US infrastructure compared to China’s).

Liberalism will always be doomed to fail, just as capitalism will always follow the trend toward common ruin. The pursuit of communism will always follow the trend of common prosperity and the revitalization of the people.

Leave these relics of failed states to toddle off the coil while we continue to build a better future.

This is hardly a surprise. When you adopt an anti-communist stance, you pave the way for unhealthy social trends to takeover, which increases the moderation workload considerably, and forces you into an unsustainable method of operating. Perhaps the decay has finally reached a stage advanced enough to send them back to the likes of Silicon Valley centralized models.

Hexbear has survived all this time because, like China, has been engaging in self-reform to address the problem of rise and fall. So long as Hexbear continues this path, it will continue to go the distance.

The other big instances that are here today may not be in a few months, or years. Fascinating to see from a dialectical perspective.

No fucking way. You’re telling me I can have an awesome place like this: Apartment Tour in China | What can $300 a month get you? 🇨🇳
As well as enjoy better freedoms like these?: Things You CAN Do in China (You CAN’T Do in America) Americans WON’T Believe It…

Sign me up, because this is just

The thing about leftists is we’re correct, so I’m not worried about winning you over this second. As far as I’m concerned, now that you’re realizing that maybe there’s more to this whole “leftism” thing than youve been lead to believe, I know you’re going to figure it out eventually.

Precisely. I don’t stress over any interaction with anyone, because I know the truth always goes the distance.

Lies have very short legs, and therefore do not go very far. Time and personal experience will take care of the seeds you have planted, so there’s no need to chase after anyone.

ITS NOT BAD TO HAVE LABOR CAMPS OR SOCIAL CREDIT SCORES

Okay, let’s go see about these so-called “labor camps” and “social credit scores”

Social credit system: China’s “Social Credit Score System” - Fact or Fiction?
Xinjiang “labor camps”: Deep Dive: Adrian Zenz & Claims of “Coerced Labor” in Xinjiang China

Hawaii was colonized by the US’ settler colonialism, which undermined the country’s ability to develop freely without being constrained by the US.
The natives have always known how to properly care for the land and live in harmony with nature. It is the US that is the ultimate reason Hawaii is so vulnerable to disasters today.

Hell, the US even poisoned Hawaii’s supply of groundwater with millions of gallons of fuel leaks.

It’s not a question of how the US federal government is/was supposed to respond. Hawaii should’ve (as in the US shouldn’t have captured their territory) maintained its sovereignty as an independent country, full stop.

What we’re seeing is that these people absolutely don’t care about free speech

No, they don’t. What they care about is hegemony of speech and hegemony of thought. I encourage the use of this talking point going forward.