• BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago
    1. I wanted to know how you formed your opinion, and I also had never heard of Xiaohongshu before (I just now made the connection that it’s RedNote). So, cool.
    2. I’m not confident of what’s happening in Xinjiang. I know I’m surrounded by US/Western propaganda, and I’m trying to cut through it without succumbing to anyone else’s propaganda.
    3. I grew up in a liberal society, and sometimes ML Theory seems like a really strange way of looking at the world. So I’m not building any opinions based on what I guess someone’s motivations are (especially the CCP).
    4. I’ve been given to believe that genocide is a liberal idea, because it’s couched in false consciousness ideas about race and ethnicity. So a hypothetical AES state could commit mass murder, but not necessarily genocide. What do you think?
      • BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Thanks for sharing all that. I think you and I have a lot in common, actually. I grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness, and never really felt close to that community. I’ve always felt like an outsider as well, but I think we diverge in that I identify with my outsider-ness and appreciate the freedom of individuality. But I also identify as an introvert, happier on my own or with close friends than with large groups or strangers. I wonder if there’s some overlap there? Do you consider yourself introverted or extroverted?

        • mathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          4 days ago

          Oh yeah definitely an introvert, also since I grew up in a muslim-majority country where the christian community was very tight-knit coming to Germany I definitely felt more like an outsider to the communities here, overwhelmed by the amount of choice of communities really at first, but lately the lack of communities that I could feel at ease at due to my antizionism. But there’s a lot of good in being part of any organization, having a role and helping out to oneself which is why I’ll be looking for another community once I have some more free time.

          I don’t know where you exactly are, but a soup kitchen or something like that where you help once a week is a really cool thing to hone social-skills in a low-risk setting since you can just stop going there at any time. Also it’s really fun to be in charge of something, and to be “the person” so thats cool.