cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/57096502

https://archive.is/Jlnne

Berlin is expressing doubt about the European Union's ability to withstand the rise of nationalist parties and the pressure from the Trump administration. This unprecedented skepticism in Germany has raised fears of lasting weakening, or even the gradual marginalization, of Europe as it exists today.

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[–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This user posts exclusively pro-Chinese and anti-European content in very high frequency.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    A 50-cents warrior. Very often they use misleading titles, making Europe and democratic countries look bad, while the content itself often contains just a few lines and is very weak (a poll, a survey, some politician has says something).

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Their intention is to eventually destroy the community by using it as a dumping ground for Chinese (and Russian) propaganda.

    It goes hand in hand with a range of other accounts engaging in second-hand intimidation (and even death threats to some users) against anyone with a different opinion, engage in whataboutism, false equivalence ("Russia's invasion is bad, but the Ukraine war is only a proxy war against the West") and some historical fan fiction ("The Soviet Union was a dream to live in before the CIA destroyed it").

    We have been seeing this also on Reddit. Many subreddits fall to very questionable ideologies that leave no room for discussion, which kills any vivid community (or prevents it from growing). In the tankies' own communities (where everyone gets banned who is only slightly criticizing China or Russia), as you may know, they are not only supporting autocratic genocidal policies, but are literally cheering the violence, as one study says:

    ... The presence of left-wing extremism on the Lemmygrad. ml instance of the decentralized social media platform Lemmy, from its launch in 2019 up to a month after the bans of the subreddits r/GenZedong and r/GenZhou ... reveal a substantial increase in user activity and toxicity levels following the migration of these subreddits to Lemmygrad. ml. ...

    [Users] frequently share posts that support authoritarian regimes, as seen in their support for China, North Korea, and Russia. Moreover, their support can extend beyond backing these authoritarian regimes, even cheering on their violent actions, as evidenced by their posts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, we observe anti-Zionist and antisemitic behaviors, which show similarities to right-wing extremism ... Our analysis suggests a concerning endorsement of authoritarian actions and extremist rhetoric on Lemmygrad. ml, further indicating that left-wing extremist communities on decentralized platforms should receive more attention from the academic community.

    What is deeply concerning is that there are also many admins and mods here in the Lemmyverse that support this exremely radicalized community. Such users should get banned imo. This has nothing to do with freedom of opinion.

    [Edit typo.]

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago
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    the EU is in every way a boon for Germany. it's not going anywhere.

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    [–] 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    This user posts exclusively pro-Chinese and anti-European content in very high frequency.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    This user posts from a Chinese perspective, yes, but what do you mean by anti-European? Is Le Monde anti-European?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    The amount of output this account creates purposely tries to influence public opinion in this community, which is supposed to be a place for discussion from a European perspective NOT a Chinese one.

    Concerning the activity patter this most probably isn't a single human user.

    Truth is we're in an information warfare and this seems to be a pro-Chinese soldier. Since I favor the European side, its values, and its rules in this war, I have a problem with this European community being flooded with pro-Chinese and anti-European content.

    If, in return, I were to post articles in a Chinese community with titles such as “The Chinese economy is crashing,” explaining that the growth target had been missed by 0.1 percentage points, I would be banned in no time. So why should we tolerate this behavior?

    However, we are here on dbzer0, and I may simply be in the minority with this opinion.

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