矛⋅盾 @ maodun @lemmygrad.ml Posts 0Comments 7Joined 4 mo. ago
Dongfeng missile program 🫡
Don't know if we'll be seeing chinese scientists in US under house arrest or worse again (hopefully not) but, for those unfamiliar: 钱学森 Qian Xuesen co-founded NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1940s), later got the attention of McCarthy-ites and his family was subject to basically house arrest and surveillance for 5 years (deferred deportation), went back to China and led a bunch of programs and never looked back, became known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry".
the US attracted brain drain candidates for decades now, but would soon rather let anticommunism and racism get the better of them again and repeat the same "mistakes" and shoot themselves in the foot... honestly better for the Chinese people who can and did return as sinophobia ramps up (and probably will continue apace again in Trump's 2nd term, not that the western media didn't try to elevate sinophobia during Biden's term between Pelosi's flight to Taiwan, weather balloon, accusing zoo of fielding a man in a suit as a sunbear, etc). Space Race then, chips/AI now (article mentions Mr Sun returned during Trump's first term, motivated by the racist 'China Initiative')
fuller nuance (love to see libs beat the shit out of that word) perspective from someone who is black and of black culture who i think has better angles on all points than I could - tumblr post. excerpts:
The Super Bowl will always be a bread and circus event that lines the pockets of white shareholders. The fact that they allowed Black people to perform is simply to give the appearance of empowerment and progress, thus assuaging our appetite for real revolution by letting spectators woop and cheer and have the feeling that something happened.
context: US flag and americana imagery:
At the end of the above, all African Americans should be wary of narratives that corral them securely within the frame of the United States. This is an intentional set of blinders that keeps you seeing yourself as belonging to this outsized plantation. We made connection to this land, but we were brought here in chains.
in essence I agree it's resistance liberal politics
so, with the whole drake thing, it's larger and not specific to drake himself but what he "symbolizes" which is why the line "you're not a colleague you're a colonizer“ comes into play regarding black culture/outsiders who would discard the people of the culture he used and wrung out like a wet rag once he's ready to move onto the next thing/larger more mainstream stage
/ I think the whole superbowl thing makes it feel more assimilationist and unchallenging rather than liberatory or empowering. im not sure if kendrick was fully ironic or what when incorporating "the revolution will not be televised" while he's being played on America's most watched televised event.
maybe im too harsh. maybe im importing too much frustration from assimilationist tendencies from my own background (chinese americans/canadians) into this situation (wherein a certain YA novel author is my own "drake"). idk
actual article aside, I've never heard of this site before and i'm astounded in the sheer volume of regular comments on each post. interesting.
but she’s “already aware they are terrible people (except Sanders and AOC) but at least they are trying.”
oof. Those two might be left of dems but their track record speaks for itself... :/
I haven't read the Ghodsee book, but wouldn't be too surprised if it was eurocom.
Hang in there. I don't really know what to classify my own partner politically but I at least know theyre somewhere on the left and think liberals suck. And they don't take the other side when I push back against our more liberal friends when they speak ill of China. Deconstructing atrocity propaganda is an arduous uphill battle, even more so when it's some else, but you're right, framing it in condescending or ad hominem/they're just liars (even if true) rhetoric isn't very effective.
It's very frustrating when liberals blame the very small sliver of non-republican opposition as the reason their campaigns failed, because it's clearly just trying to find scapegoats instead of critically reflecting on why their campaigns were really unpopular, they have proven track records of repeated and repeated failed promises while shaking hands under the table with corporations to pass horrendous stuff... why when Ds are in power they make very minute gestures towards progressive policies and make a fuss that their hands are tied against making anything more concrete like roe v wade, and always make the biggest fuss when Rs actually pass policies that they promised -- and this is somehow our fault when we point it out. The cherry on top of this shitty cake is their audience believes in this scapegoating.