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[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works -1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If that was the version of Buddhism he's advocating for Tibet would still be an autonomous region instead of under direct control.

They had child sex slaves and a caste system that would make some parts of India blush.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't realise that human rights violations were justification for invasion and conquest.

Imperialism is wrong no matter who is doing to conquering or being conquered.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I didn't realise that human rights violations were justification for invasion and conquest

Dumbest take ever. The British and the Americans were right to send troops to France under Nazi rule because it was a mission to liberate French people. The USSR was right to send troops to Czechoslovakia to liberate people from Nazi rule. China was right to send troops to Tibet to free the people from their brutal feudalistic rule.

I fucking wish that my homeland (Spain) had been "invaded" by English and French troops to fight fascism in the 30s rather than ending up with a homegrown fascist dictatorship.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Ahh yes, a literal state of war is equivalent to an unprovoked invasion.

Wasn't expecting your dumbest take ever line to be about what you'd written. But thanks for the heads up.

I'm sorry for the harm, the scars, and legacy of fascism that Franco left. The USSR and Germany helping him are more to blame than the UK and France not invading, but I sympathise with wishing something had been done (can't see them supporting the Communists or Anarchists though, so probably not involvement is due to seeing the Nationalists as the best of the options) . From the way that Franco's legacy and supporters are, at best merely controversial does make me think that it'd've been a very bloody and destructive continuation of the Civil War.