Amorphous wrote on July 14, 2020 at 5:53 PM

Reply to comment by celebratedrecluse in Real socialism! by ziq

https://raddle.me/f/chapotraphouse/114025/-/comment/178098

celebratedrecluse wrote on July 14, 2020 at 6:12 PM

...this is what we call, vagueposting. it is easy for you to move the goalposts, be specific or your order will not be filled.

Amorphous wrote on July 14, 2020 at 6:13 PM

I don't understand. I don't understand how I could be more specific than that. I want you to identify what you think are the "highest positions of power" or whatever and demonstrate that Xi holds all of them and cannot be removed from them.

celebratedrecluse wrote on July 14, 2020 at 6:15 PM

i'm asking you to define what evidence you want. What sources count. Do you understand now?

Amorphous wrote on July 14, 2020 at 6:19 PM

I mean I think it should be obvious that anything directly owned or funded by the government of the US, UK, Germany, etc is unreliable. Other than that I don't really care.

celebratedrecluse wrote on July 14, 2020 at 6:21 PM

so...private publications from various countries, these are ok? Or no? Because you were saying you wouldn't take any of that seriously either. So I'm just trying to establish what exactly your goalpost is, for "prove it". I don't know why you're being obtuse still.

Amorphous wrote on July 14, 2020 at 6:25 PM

And I don't understand why you're being so hostile lol I'm not being obtuse. I just don't understand what you want from me.

Private publications, sure, but they'll of course be subject to scrutiny. I'm not gonna believe anything I read from anyone associated with the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation obviously, or any open neo-nazis. Again, I feel all of that should be obvious.

celebratedrecluse wrote on July 14, 2020 at 6:29 PM

all of that is obvious. i'm asking you to be more specific, which publications are what you want?

i'm hostile because i'm offering to do work for you, and you're making it difficult.