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The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found.

The onslaught of attacks – often of a vile and deeply personal nature – is part of a well-organized, increasingly brazen Chinese government intimidation campaign targeting people in the United States, documents show.

The US State Department says the tactics are part of a broader multi-billion-dollar effort to shape the world’s information environment and silence critics of Beijing that has expanded under President Xi Jinping. On Wednesday, President Biden is due to meet Xi at a summit in San Francisco.

Victims face a barrage of tens of thousands of social media posts that call them traitors, dogs, and racist and homophobic slurs. They say it’s all part of an effort to drive them into a state of constant fear and paranoia.

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I honestly can't imagine any other reason why internet leftists would defend an autocratic capitalist nation so vehemently, while also putting so much effort into excluding European social democracy from leftist spaces.

[–] StalinsSpoon@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Certainly social democracy would be an improvement for the US people over what the US currently has.

Quick question, though, Wikipedia gives this definition of a communist state:

A communist state is a form of government that combines state leadership of a communist party, Marxist–Leninist political philosophy and an official commitment to construct a communist society.

How does this not apply to China? It sure makes sense to me that a communist forum would support a communist state...

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The problem with that is the fact its a descriptor. Basically ever so called communist state since the Soviet Union has in some way been influenced by so called "Marxist-Leninism" due to soviet and now chinese influence. The thing there is a shit-ton of leftists who see MLs as nothing more than fascists with a red paint job, so will thusly argue that china isnt communist.

Plus you could have a communist society which actively lynches MLs which would actively invalidate that qoute you put up.

Its a bad definition, itd be like making a definition for republics based solely on the the Commonwealth of England.

[–] StalinsSpoon@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Fair, I’m not saying it’s a definition. This is Wikipedia we’re talking about. My point was more that a “communist state” (although the term is misleading) is really in active usage referring to a country with MLs in power that are working for the benefit of their citizens to achieve communism. That’s not an exact definition either, but it should convey the point well enough in terms of currently existing countries.