• Maoo [none/use name]
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    3410 months ago

    China supports the fascist government of the Philippines in line with its policy of trading with everyone, promoting stability, and not sponsoring revolution. It’s understandable that Filipino communists might have a problem with this since they are at war with that government.

    This poster is gross though.

  • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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    10 months ago

    Kinda reminds me about how some people talk about the Maoist fighters in the country in that if you listened to the people who champion them as “true” communists, you’d think China is the country which empowers the regime, places military bases all over Asia and has a vested interest in keeping the Philippines as a neocolony. The funny thing about that is that the BHB/NPA, in the event it succeeds and establishes a dictatorship of the proletariat, would most likely pursue closer ties to China than the current regime. So the over-fixation some have on China rather than the current leash-holder in Washington is perplexing to me.

    Not to say Filipino communists don’t have legitimate gripes with China, given the complex situation with bordering states beyond US saber rattling (look at China’s track record even with other socialist states like Vietnam).

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    2310 months ago

    Filipino propaganda is so interesting because they’re always trying to be the smol bean underdog despite being the party landing troops on disputed islands and handing out military bases to the evil empire like candy.

  • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    reminds me of that highly upvoted comment on reddit from some fillipino talking about how the (((Chinese))) are trying to “infiltrate” south east asia with inbreeding

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2010 months ago

      To counter (((Chinese))) infiltrating our country via getting married and having kids, we must allow the US to turn the areas around their bases into brothels instead.

      • VILenin [he/him]M
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        910 months ago

        Some people would really rather live like a medieval peasant under the US than like a king under China

          • VILenin [he/him]M
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            810 months ago

            Ever had lunch at the top of the Park Hyatt in Beijing? Sometimes you can overhear the most amazing Chinese lib conversations. I saw Jack Ma there once too (he was having this weird honey-salmon-biscuit concoction). Used to go there all the time before COVID working on transpacific airline flights. I like the guy I bought a fake Mao poster from better

  • @TimeTravel_0@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    to be fair, the whole 9-dash line thing (as I understand it) does make it seem like the philippines have legitimate grievances with china as far as territorial waters go, but propaganda like this will probably just fuel sinophobia rather than actually address said grievances.

    edit: also the english is a dead giveaway that this is just sinophobic rhetoric aimed at westerners. see comment below

  • oregoncom [he/him]
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    1010 months ago

    Does anyone know what the symbol on her hat is called? I know Anakbanyan uses it and they’re super based.

  • ddh
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    610 months ago

    Enroachment

  • Dolores [love/loves]
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    310 months ago

    4 arms for deeply interrelated things that barely warrant separate points, cant waste an arm talking about american imperialism lol