Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history”

Re:Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:26PM (#30934135)

China, who refused to call it an "invasion"? Yeah, they tell the west to "avoid unfounded accusations" about Bucha. So if you don't listen to evidence from places like Bucha, then Russia is "making an extraordinary effort to avoid civilian casualties".

Is western media biased? Yes. But so is China. They're biased very heavily on the side of not having to condemn Russia. (They're also biased on the side of the invasion going well. If Russia can't do this, it calls into question China's ability to take Taiwan.)

In fact, from where I sit (also biased), western media is more willing to tell the truth than China is.

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Re:Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point... by scotty79 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:36PM (#30934312)

From what I heard China clearly calls it a war on their public TV, indicates that it's perpetrated by Russia and even shows graphic imagery of war crimes Russia commits.

Despite what USA is telling on every occasion about China to get it somehow involved in this conflict, China appears like they have no horse in this game and calls a spade a spade better than Vatican does without trumping up the narrative to global conflict level. Besides I think China is way more preoccupied with internal matters like covid outbreaks to be able to really nake any strong effort to profit from this conflict.

India is way more pro-russian at the moment, given that the west was very unwelcoming to Indian ambitions and it was Russia who had their back.

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