Great discussion, very informative. Thanks
Great discussion, very informative. Thanks
Why? It’s not like they’re Nazis:
The movement’s extremist ideology has never been much of a secret. Its fighters have been photographed covered with far-right tattoos and insignia, while the regiment is identifiable by the Nazi Wolfsangel logo on their uniforms (the group has denied the symbol carries a Nazi connotation). And the movement is driven by figures with deep roots in Ukraine’s extreme-right scene.
Nationalism. Tribes. In-groups and out-groups. Hierarchy. Authoritarianism. Fascism.
This person gets it. If you have to spend money to be happy, you’re fooling yourself. You’re already lost to capitalist realism.
If I have to spend money to be happy, then I’m already unhappy.
Chaos is a ladder.
This has happened before and they did nothing about it. It will happen again. When are people gonna realize these things are not our friends?
Someone already showed that the linked article was outdated nonsense almost the minute it was published.
Where? Everything I’m reading says that most of the new state-level areas are inhabited and not “ghost cities.” Unless Ohio State is wrong.
The opinion piece that the “2018 onwards” section is based on was released in 2018 itself and was proven wrong almost immediately.
Which piece has been proven wrong?
You didn’t just make that up to confirm your bias, did you? Can you please provide evidence that the state-level new area is unpopulated? Because my search says the population is 5.68 million.
Justapedia is crap, but the article it references is real and from the guy that first wrote about the ghost cities.
I’ll reserve judgment until I find more information. It could be a good thing, Wikipedia does have problems with editors changing articles, or it could be a bad thing to proliferate misinformation. That’s why I linked the Reuters article.
Edit: I read through the page on Fascism. It’s crap, runaway.
Thanks for the historical context. I’m tired of being told to hate China, when I know very little of its history, culture and how its current government operates. I’ll make up my own mind.
There are people there now:
Reporting in a 2018, Shepard revisited a number of the so called “ghost cities” several years his book and noted that, "Today, China’s so-called ghost cities that were so prevalently showcased in 2013 and 2014 are no longer global intrigues. They have filled up to the point of being functioning, normal cities … "
From the Scott Trust Limited, owners of the Guardian:
In 1992, the Trust identified its central objective as being the following:
Certainly a liberal, profit-seeking enterprise wouldn’t be biased against a socialist, communist nation… /s
Great discussion, very informative. Thanks