Who declared independence though? Workers of those nationalities, or the ruling classes?
That's an interesting question, but I doubt that the Red Army really asked when it invaded.
Characterization devoid of data.
Are you denying that the Red Army conquered most of the regions that dared to break away from the Russian Empire? Or that you tend to support anything with a red flag unquestioningly?
Also characterizations. China liberated Tibet from an obscurantist slave system posing as a sect of buddhism. The Dalai Lama's tutorr, Heinrich Harrar, was a Nazi.
Did they bother to ask the Tibetans what they wanted or did they just invade to "liberate" the Tibetans from themselves? It seems that if they were really interested in the well-being of the Tibetan people, they would have done something other than conquer the country. But instead, a larger and more powerful country invaded a smaller, weaker one and overthrew its government to "liberate" the people in a greedy imperialist move to gain territory and legitimacy. Iraq much?
And why should I China-bash?
Criticizing a country for its faults isn't necessarily bashing. But you are entirely uncritical of China. You refuse to question it, ever.
And why should I question my own beliefs? What kind of lily-livered, yellow-bellied, panty-waist alters his belief system on the basis of the lies of a hundred mouths of the bourgeoisie press? I have been a communist revolutionary for 22 years. I have withstood torture, jail, fires, harrassment for my work. I know whom I serve, I know my enemy.
Why should you question your beliefs? Is that a serious question?
Everyone should question their own beliefs constantly. That way, they can see if their beliefs are reasonable. Nobody's right all of the time, and so it's good to check if you're wrong.
By refusing to question yourself and your beliefs, you outright reject the possibility that you aren't right 100% of the time. You are so firm in your conviction that you and your idols are right that you are incapable of rationally thinking about yourself, and you refuse to try to understand other viewpoints. Intelligent discussions with you are literally impossible because you admit that you cannot be convinced that you might be wrong.
Interestingly, you're identical to religious fanatics. You have a religion (Communism), dogmatically follow a particular sect or denomination of it, worship gods (Marx, Engels, Castro, Mao, the Kim dynasty), read holy scripture (Little Red Book,
Das Kapital, etc.), proselytize, and are completely convinced of your own moral and ideological superiority. It's impossible to convince the Westboro Baptist Church that it might not be right about everything, and so it is with you. And honestly, how can you spend any time doing charity/indoctrinating people when you spend hours and hours each day tooting your own horn and endlessly bragging about how you are a sexually active social organizer? Who you are has no bearing on the correctness of your arguments, and yet you lord your volunteering over everyone else as if to ask, "
Do you know who I AM?!" Even the other communists like Cheezy and Traitorfish are getting frustrated with you.
I'm not necessarily opposed to communism- some of its basic tenets, inasmuch as anyone can agree on what they are, vaguely resemble my own beliefs. And Traitorfish does a good job of presenting his arguments rationally and explaining them. He knows perfectly well that he isn't infallible and takes that into account, leaving him open-minded and willing to be convinced if the evidence is strong enough. You, however, consider open-mindedness to be a sign of weakness and cowardice that must be purged. There's no reasoning with you once you've made up your mind. You arrive at your conclusions first and search for evidence later. You automatically reject any media you don't like (pretty much everything in the West) and automatically agree with anything from Communist or pseudo-Communist groups (Xinhua, China Daily).
So tell me, why should anyone discuss politics or society with you if you aren't willing to be convinced? I've about given up trying to communicate with you because you refuse to consider the possibility that you
might not know everything already. You refuse to read Western media because it's biased, and then reject any sources other than Xinhua and China Daily. Those are official state propaganda organs. It is their
job to portray their government in a positive light, but you don't read them critically. You never ask yourself, "What are the author's biases? How might they affect their argument?" It's like a customer taking a medicine corporation at its word that its products are completely safe and effective. Actually, no, it's worse, because there are at least
some laws in place that penalize corporations from blatantly lying about their products like that, even if such laws are often ignored and broken.
