I have been a lurker here on lemmy for a while and I have hesitantly made an account because I wanted to create a post on politics.
I want to preface this by saying, I lived a childhood being indoctrinated on politics. I was constantly being told that free markets are the pinnacle of human intellect and that free markets (in literally an absolutist way on every aspect of life) is the only way that leads to progress. It honestly took me a while to challenge these beliefs with I attribute to Shaun and Hbomberguy on youtube, and eventually embrace leftist ideas in my personality.
When the recent drama regarding the Uighur muslims occured recently I was a bit let down. I have looked around and saw posts that I understand to be supportive of the CCP in China and other communist states.
So here is my question. Why? Even if we forget about the Uighur, what about the Tianamen square massacre? Is that also false information? China’s tightening grip on hong kong despite being met with resistance from people of Hong Kong, is that also false information? The repercussions of Mao’s leadership? The complete absence of gay and trans rights in modern day China? China being a police state? Is that all false propaganda?
If your answer might be that western states have also failed to protect the interests of common people, I agree. I think western states do see a resurgence of far right movements exactly for this reason. But this is not a comparison of who is the worst.
Why exactly do people here (at least that is what I perceive) turn a blind eye to the brutalities of an authoritarian government such as the CCP?
I get you man. I am from Venezuela, and i was raised into a very leftist environment, and Leftist indoctrination since i was little. But then my country collapsed, and the crisis was very hard, so i had an identity crisis, and started to question all the propaganda i was thought. Also I absolutely hate the right wing, they have their own indoctrination methods, but I also hate tankies who supports my country’s dictatorship at all cost. The thing about political extremist, is that they will justify anything what their side does, genocide, repression, famines, invasions, while criticize the other side for the exact same things. There are no good guys in politics, or history, everyone has numerous shades of shitty behavior, and everyone will point at their enemies for doing the exact same thing they do, in order to drive away their followers attention and make them ignore their own crimes.
My stands are, to do NEVER support dictatorships: China, Cuba, Russia, the URSS, Nazi Germany, Franco’s Spain, Pinochet’s Chile, maduro, etc. I’m the end, every dictatorship is inmoral to defend, no matter is a left or right wing one, that’s something that tankies do not understand, or don’t want to see. Also, 2 things can be truth are the same time: Yes, the USA, is a colonialist genocidal state with too much military power that attacks others countries sovereignty in order to protects their own interest. So does china. Both things are truth, but is you talk to tankies or US nationalist, they will say that their side does nothing wrong.
Also, no human is worthy is being treated like a god. All humans are shitty beings, even more if they have power, no person with power is a good person, period.
I hope this might help you. Never go to the extremes.