Come on. It's the imperial boomerang.

fair point

North Korea is run by an authoritarian regime known for its cult of personality. This isn’t anti-Asian racism. Neither is it “anti-German”m bigotry” when their tactics are compared to the Nazis or “anti-Russian bigotry” when their tactics are compared to Stalinism. Chill the fuck out.

What makes you say that? Do you fall into the racist believe that Asians are "ant people" because someone told you they were?

where did Justin say that?

Indeed. What in the actual fuck

When did you take up orientalism?

oh it is definitely anti-German bigotry when I compare their tactics to Nazis, which is the only comparison I would make of these three examples

eh it's more just comparisons to authoritarian regimes. Trumpistan is more often compared to Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Russia

you’re literally proving the point by using “trumpistan”, another weird racist characterization. it’s the US! the US is a fascist authoritarian regime. stop trying to pin this as something like other countries do and not ours when brutal authoritarianism has long-been an american tradition

You can't help yourself, can you?

Are you taking the piss? You must be taking the piss? Surely you’re taking the piss yeah? I mean. Surely.

It's gotta be crazy going through life with this little self-awareness.

Adding the "istan" while claiming it's not racist is the funniest fucking thing I've seen all week

Engels was right when he said that "authoritarian" was a meaningless term.

Istan

Also, when trying to say that something is not racist and orientalist, it's not a good idea to use the Persian suffix "-stan" as a pejorative way to elicit the idea of "an autocratic shithole".

Racist AF there's no excuse for that Much like there's no excuse for the homophobic AI memes that these twatwaffles keep throwing out

Weird thing to say as North Korea is founded on racist AF post WWII Japanese model and remains as fucking crazy to this very day.

has nothing to do with being asian. honestly weird that you think authoritarianism = asian.

? The comparisons are about the shared authoritarian aesthetic. It would be strange to suggest that you can't compare Trumpistan to another authoritarian country if said country was Asian. It's not like Trumpistan isn't more frequently compared to other historical European regimes

Because what's happening now could NEVER happen in the REAL US of A! No, what's currently happening in the US - what's been building for decades - could only happen to a "lesser" nation, so let's call it a made-up country in Asia! The USA? Why, we're the GOOD guys! We always vote SMART!

So what makes you think that DPRK is "authoritarian" who told you that, and how did you vet that information?

Hello, comrade! Do you take issue with any of the conclusions reached in this wikipedia article? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijong-...

I have trouble believing some of these scoldey far far far left accounts, are real people. I mean, They just sound insane.

Right?! It's somehow worse than what I'd hear from stoned college leftists who'd just read a Book.

I do not trust Wikipedia after they invented a Welsh king that never existed I have no idea what it says about DPRK

KERMIE!!!!!

I emailed Hyun Yong-chol about it but weirdly enough he never got back to me with a response

Not one of these replies contextualizes anything with the genocide the US did on the peninsula, or the fact that fascism is constantly creeping into South Korea. They are all just about barraging people with xenophobic hearsay taken from propagandized media outlets. They trust Yeonmi Park a bit.

This must be some of your trademark "snark for the sarcastically impaired".

Leigh, it's clearly demonstrated in their own English language state news service. The "reporting" is textbook authoritarian propaganda. This is not some grand conspiracy of being lied to by western media.

Still nothing of substance, just "trust me, bro," and more childlike interpretations of anarchism

I presume this was intended to be a coherent response?

You want me to prove a negative when all you offer is vibes

I don't even know what you're trying to prove. Your response was incoherent. What in the world do you think anarchism has to do with it?

The misuse of the term 'authoritarian' is a tell of severely underdeveloped and uninterrogated political understanding. And it generally falls in line with the typical western liberal who calls themself something like "anarchist."

lol. if this is a joke it's hilarious. if not, also hilarious.

Other than the hereditary leadership, routine military parades, publicly executing high ranking officials for “disloyalty”, and walling people inside the country?

Yes, aside from all of that.

BROTHER, MAY I HAVE SOME OATS?

Lmao, the “istan” you tacked onto Trump literally has no inherent tie to “authoritarian aesthetics” outside the decaying grey matter of delusional racists who can’t admit fascism has been a core component of the US for ages.

My people have been fighting fascism since 1492 believe me the US has been fascist for a long ass time

jesus fucking christ dude, stop doing it. what the fuck?

hey can you tell me the origin of the suffix -istan

This should be good.

You’re literally pairing Trump to the Middle East for no actual reason right now. That alone shows you’re simply trying to pretend you braindead fucks aren’t just insanely racist

'trumpistan' is so funny to do while trying to pretend you're not doing that racist shit

"trumpistan" interesting thing to say while dismissing this complaint

It’s amazing, they can’t even help themselves if they tried

that's the best you got? LMAO

the land of the people of trump

You mean the US?

yes

We call it Turtle Island

'We the people' was just the non-noble bourgeoisie, they sure weren't talking about Cleetus and Maryjane.