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  • shapesalad1

    Fascinating:

    • Very interestingyuekit
    • Some great history here, although I'm starting to get the impression the guy is a bit of a right-wing nutcase.yuekit
    • sum it up into whats fascinating. i have a this hunch that it might be hard to do.deathboy
    • and why would the guy be a right wing nutcase? does he choose a stance to support that, or one that you ,might not likedeathboy
    • despite the lengthy historical references of such stancesdeathboy
    • lets get really into it and not half stepdeathboy
    • This podcast and the newspaper he writes for seem to exist primarily for the purpose of being against China, as far as I can tell.yuekit
    • It was founded by the Falun Gong, which is a new age spiritual movement that was persecuted by the Chinese government. They may have good reason to hate Chinayuekit
    • and hate communism, just saying it is not exactly a neutral source.yuekit
    • a right wing nutcase is the definition to one who opposes chinese gov?deathboy
    • Are you just here to ask random contrarian questions? Read a bit about it and you'll see what I mean. https://rationalwiki…yuekit
    • i only skimmed the cast. but i didn't pick up on any cult shit. what i skimmed seemed like capt wow reason. he did seem opposed to communismdeathboy
    • by pointing out reasons why such systems always fail... more than likely skimming i missed something. or at least where you are coming fromdeathboy
    • true it's bias - but then the opposite of Chinese news papers is true, they are all owned by Chinese government. Read both, get a balanced indirect view.shapesalad
    • is it bias that his arguments make absolute rational sense? i read a lot about china. the bias and the not. need all sides to see the big picture.deathboy
    • i don't see any irrational bias standing out in what i heard. Perhaps you can display such bias as example from the clip?deathboy
    • I've fact checked him on the origins of "communism" and the "pornographer" guy was actually anti-communist. Coined the term criticizing a french philosopher.sarahfailin
    • https://en.wikipedia…sarahfailin
    • ?deathboy

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