Re:Xinjiang Cotton
by winrid on Saturday March 27, 2021 @07:25PM
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As someone that has family members in Xinjiang with a small cotton plantation, and has actually been to Korla, you could say this is a really interesting subject...
For most of the 20th & 21st century, the west has consistently shown that it does not give fuck where it's cotton comes from, and that it certainly doesn't give a fuck about muslims in other countries, as along as they are slaughtered periodically.
as such, it would be good to pause and contemplate why our governments and media suddenly have a hard on for the well being of an obscure minority, previously unknown, unheard of and indeed unmentioned anywhere in the last several decades.
if you can consider these thing and reach the conclusion that the modern concerns over cotton & uyghurs is sincere, then more power to you. sadly i have much less faith in the earnest benevolence of our governments.
as such, it would be good to pause and contemplate why our governments and media suddenly have a hard on for the well being of an obscure minority, previously unknown, unheard of and indeed unmentioned anywhere in the last several decades.
if you can consider these thing and reach the conclusion that the modern concerns over cotton & uyghurs is sincere, then more power to you. sadly i have much less faith in the earnest benevolence of our governments.