Do politicians still have your faith?

Using an OS shouldn’t be a skill curve. Windows isn’t.

Smh.

The last few times I used Ubuntu I had to use the terminal or I couldn’t get apps I needed (the store didn’t have them).

Set-ups and installations were not as simple as you’ve described here.

and uh “scam sites” are a non-issue unless you’re a boomer

I have touched the registry like once, and that was just to disable windows updates. It’s not something I do.

The thing is that Linux is literally designed for coders in mind, it surely comes off that way. I’m not comfortable having to type these weird long-winded commands to do everything.

It was never the case with windows, it’s incredibly intuitive and linear. The amount of time taken to do anything on windows is practically always much lesser on windows compared to Linux necessarily.

Best example is setup installation files. One tap, everything is installed automatically. Not the case with Linux.

I don’t want to use the fucking terminal for every little damn thing.

Linux is not intuitive for people coming from other platforms at all. Using the computer for basic purposes such as downloading files, apps, and games should not feel like a skill curve.

Yes there’s stores in-built but that doesn’t have the majority of stuff I get, it’s often random websites online with .exe files and such.

Despite the BS microslop does, it’s just a lot easier and comfortable to use, more than Linux could ever be.

what if im gay?

The direct statements I’ve made are directly against that. You’re arguing in bad faith if you’re going to put words in my mouth for me and insist I said what I didn’t.

I can have a discussion about the present without focusing on the past or future. Saying that it is metaphysics is a non-sequitur. Not everything has to be viewed historically.

What you’re doing is you’re using dialectical materialism as a veneer to deflect criticism here.

You’re saying that, why should I believe that’s actually the case?

Censorship is always done with some sort of “positive” narrative tied to it.

Give me one example of a “metaphysical analysis” I made. One.

No you didn’t, but you can feel free to think that.

The rest of what you’ve said doesn’t apply to me since, as I said, I never said it was permanent/static.

One point I will respond to is: again, I didn’t say they should be judged by future standards. There are places that are much better for queer people today compared to china. Today, not future.

“My insistence on never believing a word a Chinese person says”.

You mean that literal ONE guy on this thread? Yes, he didn’t have any compelling points. Next.

Oh, you are definitely being hypocritical, having an issue with “phrasemongering” and then proceeding to do it yourself.

I never said history was metaphysical or wasn’t something that progresses. As long as you keep reading things into my statements you’re going to keep responding to arguments I never made.

That’s not what I said. Under the veneer of censoring capitalism, you allow broader censorship.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t support China, I’m saying we should call it out for the BS that it does actually do, and not treat it like divinity beyond criticism. Every time I make any criticism of China, the responses are apologetic at best.

Those issues aren’t “invented”, but I won’t go over those points again.

I didn’t say it’s permanent. It’s common sense that everything is temporary. If you’re reading that into my statements, that’s on you.

Re: chauvanism and dogmatism. What was that thing you said earlier? Phrasemongering? Sounds like. I’ll add one: hypocrisy.

I don’t fucking care what you think lol.

I beg to differ.

Yes, that’s the communist/Chinese defense, except it also translates to an easy excuse for other, illegitimate reasons for censorship.

Don’t like a certain guy? Censored!

You say legitimate criticism isn’t censored, why should I believe that?

If they can use censorship to oppress queer people they could do it oppress others.

It passes in terms of what democracies are in practice but the political suppression, surveillance, and censorship that China is known for its anything but democratic.

You did? I must have missed it, last I recall the first thing you did was point to future projections to defend China, not say that China does have a problem with oppressing its queer people (I said it because it didn’t seem like you were about to).

It’s almost as if China is this immaculate state of perfection that can’t actually have real problems in the way it does things. I have yet to see you make any effort to criticize China so far.

future “potential” isn’t my concern here, as I said— I’m talking about how the country currently is.

What are you even saying? Preventing independent journalism is oppressive towards the working class now? Censoring the media is oppressive towards the working class?

If my criticisms of your reasoning/the facts you provided appears as dogmatism to you, that is not my concern.