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[–] Termight@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That "96% Tibetan language" stat is a classic distraction. It ignores the cost of that statistic. You can boast about language retention while simultaneously criminalizing the Dharma, arresting monks, and using state violence to suppress any mention of the Dalai Lama. A language isn't "thriving" if its speakers are being systematically silenced through fear and imprisonment. Don't mistake linguistic survival for cultural freedom.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Buddhist Marxist here. The dhamma isn't criminalized in Tibet or elsewhere. China has one of the strongest Buddhist monastic movements in the world, and Tibetan Buddhism is not criminalized.

The Tibetan slave-owning theocracy was as brutal as it gets: 95% of the population of tibet were slaves or feudal serfs before China liberated it in 1959. The medieval tortures the population were put through, were some of the most brutal in the modern era.

It ignores the cost of that statistic.

Totally confused by this. Why is there a "cost" in preserving the Tibetan language in Tibet?

The Dalai lama and his family refused to liberate his serfs, and fought against this movement. Even his own brother was a CIA terrorist asset. This goes along with the CIA tactic of seeking out religious reactionaries to combat communism.

Also what is with all the racist vibes-posting? Is it impossible to provide a source anymore?

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[–] BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wonder how many Uyghurs still speak Uyghur 🤔

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

There are 10 million native speakers in China, out of a total population of 12 million.

This isn't the own you think it is.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 days ago
[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Bbbut the uigher genocide! posts link to wiki titled Mistreatment of Uighurs

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Then go bomb some more muslims in the middle east because the west cares so much.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago

That Wikipedia page used to have genocide in the title, but they walked it back.

A lie gets halfway around the world before truth puts on its boots.

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