r/SmugIdeologyMan is doomed, I was the last bastion against liberalism.

The situation in Armenia seems complicated right now. We do not know for sure right now if the coup has succeeded or failed.

Coups generally are an assault on democracy, even bourgeois democracy. So I'm hoping it does not succeed, the Armenian people have suffered enough.

Not official, not even an official reissue. But I like it, and it's mine :D

Discuss.

Australian water should not and must not be considered a commodity, neither China nor the USA have any true entitlement to the water of one of the most drought affected continents on the planet!

Investors and the Coalition must treat Australia and her water with the respect they deserve, but instead our most crucial resource is being sold off to foreign investors.

Disgusting.

The statement is in the Burmese/Myanmar language, but this may include new information/perspective on the coup.

Asking on Reddit for a direct translation. Will post once obtained.

Here's a Google translation, which doesn't seem too choppy:

> Statement of the Burmese Communist Party on the current situation - 1/2021 > > Date : 31-1-2021 > > "The 2008 constitution is the mother law of all laws and if it is not respected, it must be repealed," said Brigadier General Min Aung Hlaing. Then In Naypyidaw, where security is tight, there are reports of a meeting between military representatives and the NLD. The military has called for a postponement of parliament, with expressions of reluctance to accept the election results. > > These actions forced the NLD to sign the first coup d'état of 1958, in which Tate Sane's son U Nu was forced to sign a coup d'état. Is it a turning point in history? Under 2008, all governments came under threat from military rule. Bullying, coercion, coercion, coercion, coercion, coercion The military envoy will continue to face control. It is clear that the reconciliation policy has failed. How to respond to this is an important issue. > > It will not be easy to sustain long-term problems if the NLD officials do not show such an important power issue to the people. We need to not only rely on the people, but also fight bravely with the people. I would like to point out that the SLORC junta changed the election result to Kyaikkasan-Nyaungbin conference because the ruling party, which won the 1990 election, did not dare to convene a parliament at Gandhi Hall. > > Although the Burmese Communist Party does not accept the 2008 constitution, it strongly opposes the legitimacy of a democratically elected government by a non-elected military party that threatens a coup d'état and coercion. At the same time, I would like to warn that any civilian government will be in exile under the 2008 constitution. > > The current situation is that the Tatmadaw initially said it would protect the 2008 base. When it was about to be abolished, the NLD became a defender. This time, the Tatmadaw is back in its place. What does this indicate? Chairman Thakin Ba Thein Tin said that the egg did not fall from the sky. I told Ne Win that it was man-made. The legitimacy is in the interest of the people as well. It should be noted that the abolition is in the interest of the people. > > What Min Aung Hlaing was doing was snorting. Is this the motto of the junta: "The Tatmadaw leads the national politics of the country"? This change is due to the fact that the United Nations, international dignitaries, and countries, as well as the National Sangha Patronage at home, do not accept this act. Because of opposition. > > There are lessons to be learned from the experience of the independence struggle and the experience of the Eight-Point People's Uprising, that only with the support and protection of the people could we resist the oppression of fascism and the revolt of corrupt governments. > > Coup threats by the military regime representing Min Aung Hlaing; Military force and bullying; The schemes of annulling the election results can only be countered by standing up to a politically active and ready-to-fight oppressed people of all races. In general, this law needs to be upheld in present-day Burma, which is in constant danger of a coup d'état by generations of military regimes. > > The people will surely enter the political high tide to overthrow the military dictatorship through a series of battles of various forms through the abolition of the 2008 constitution. > > If there is justice, there are many helpers. The public is the creator of history. > > Be alert! > > 31 January 2021 > > (1382, 4th day of the Blue Moon)

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Update. It's no longer a "coup attempt," it succeeded. Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint have been removed from office and detained. The Tatmadaw, headed by Min Aung Hlaing, are now the head of Myanmar.

First, let me clarify. The concept of someone being a "race traitor" is inherently a fascist concept. It was used by the Nazis to call Germans who fought against the Nazis as traitors to the "Ayran race" and it is still used today by neo-Nazi groups and groups such as the Ku Klux Klan to call out white leftists as traitors to the "white race."

Biological race does not exist. The genetic diversity between humans is far lower than the average genetic diversity of other mammals. The differences control arbitrary things like the shape of your eyes, the colour of your skin, and your resistance to tropical diseases. Biological race does not exist. Race is a social construct created for racists and fascists to justify their oppression.

So when I hear leftists on GenZedong calling some asian guy an "honorary white" or "race traitor" (although the person who did that got called out and apologised/edited their comment) it frankly disgusts me.

People do not owe a duty to their race. The idea that they do is literally a fascist concept. The minute people start accusing others of being "race traitors," they are spouting fascist bullshit. Because again, people do not inherently owe a duty to their race.

r/GenZedong, despite me generally liking it, delves too close time and time again to fascist racial bullshit. One person is talking about the concept of a Hanjian as betraying "the Han State" which is is just Han chauvinism supported by a bunch of sinophiles. People are confusing fights for emancipation with chauvinist fascist bullshit.

This is what happens when people entirely ignore the class character of this sort of shit in favour of race reductionist bullshit. When people are too concerned with crackers and not enough about the class conflict and its enforcement of systematic racism and imperialism, preferring instead to blame it on "crackers" as though the average Joe the Miner is supporting the War on Terror because it's part of his evil plan to destroy Muslims and not because he's been fed bullshit by racist right-wing media. This isn't to say racism and imperialism aren't issues, but that they are part of the greater class conflict.

Is Barack Obama an "Uncle Tom" or a "Race Traitor?" No, because he doesn't owe servitude to his "race." He serves his class, the bourgeoisie. Candace Owens isn't a race traitor, because she doesn't owe servitude to her race, she serves as a token black lady who's job is to give right-wing outlets like TPUSA and Pragur U credibility.

Race reductionism is fucking stupid. The concept of people "betraying their race" is fucking stupid. It's an argument made by skinheads for skinheads and the fact people are so caught up in their rabid anti-cracker campaigning to realise they're gobbling down literal fascist arguments is fucking astounding to me.