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US House passes “Crucial Communism Teaching Act” 327-62 (www.congress.gov)
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Of course it was that gusano Maria Salazar who introduced this bill.

Interesting to note that the text of the bill seems to focus on China and mentions Xinjiang in particular. Also how 1.5 billion people currently “suffer” under communism.

This actually seems like a bit of an own goal to me. Sure, tell a bunch of high school kids how China is an undemocratic totalitarian nightmare and that the Uighurs are currently having their organs harvested. Then those students can do literally 10 minutes of research to see that none of that is actually happening and that the people of China are pretty happy with the state of things (at least relative to US Americans).

I should point out for non-US Americans here, education in the US is decentralized. The federal government doesn’t actually have much authority. This bill just tells the Victims of Communism Memorial Fund (snicker) to create materials and make them available.

Death to America.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 63 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Now is a really good time to get people reading The Jakarta Method.

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The follow up book is good too. Really emphasizes how decentralized, unorganized, spontaneous protests (or even riots) achieve nothing. Although the media presents it as if angry protests alone lead to positive change.

It's very clear that bad actors (capitalists and their governments basically) just want to fuck people over until they lose their minds, let them go out and knock over a sign or something, maybe punch a cop or two, then go home and the media jerks off for years about it. "Wow. Remember those protests? Wow. We all remember how things changed at that moment. Wow." While of course... nothing changes.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I gotta get around to checking that out. I'm drowning in my list though.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And watching The Act of Killing

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And the companion piece The Look of Silence. Though I've yet to watch them despite having them both on my Jellyfin. Just can't quite bring myself to do it. doomer

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I came into posession of a couple of Kris from my Indonesian husband's uncle who took great care of them as sacred artifacts or something. Prayed over them. Burned incense.

He sold me them when I was visiting. When I got home I asked my husband where his uncle got them from. The explanation was he was praying in church when the Imam told them to close their eyes and when they reopened them these artifacts appeared in their hands.

That's when I realized these were marital and family artifacts from the murdered. doomjak

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah they aren’t exactly feel good movies

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just got my dad a copy for Xmas