Goals tbh

Mood ^^ well we both know where we were presumably raised at, so- yeah. Like recognizes like

Honestly seems like the world’s best weather to me, but then I am a creature of the cold

Honestly, I agree- the dynamics in the west are such that I just plain don’t have much hope here, especially in the Anglo-settler countries.

Thankfully, the global majority is not white (and the west European-descended and dominated racist bloc rejected Russia), and demography even in the cores is on our side. And thankfully the world has now caught up and will leave the barbarian hordes (not all whites, but the “international community” and specifically those who have such imperialist mentalities) in the dustbin of history, where the western imperialists will have to decide if they want to rejoin the rest of humanity.

(offers jugular)

Y’know, I could understand if this was about “eeeliteees” and the “satanic liberal cabals” or whatever. I wouldn’t agree with it, but I could at least understand (so long as it didn’t stray into antisemitism), considering the blatant wickedness of the system- its not like it would make the western elites any worse if they ate a few of their millions of victims here and there, everyone knows they’re genocidal baby killers and worse (even if people may disagree on the specifics of who and what is victimized).

But no, apparently it’s blood libel against Haitians again. At first I thought it was incredibly racist but coming out of nowhere/utterly ridiculous (still is), but if this “baby/flesh eating” nonsense is going to be a running thing, that’s gone far past “cats and dogs” (already racist and blood libel-adjacent imo, as an Asian) and well into the territory of “inciting pogroms/lynchings.”

I don’t blame the individuals for how they were raised, but this widespread ignorance is unforgivable. Nearly everyone in the US is in desperate need of reeducation

I don’t blame them, yes (as I used to be one- Canadian myself). But they can either learn- and the knowledge is available- or when the time comes, if they cannot and will not learn, they can get the wall.

As you said, it is unforgivable. It is a level of ignorance that ensures that they will continue the genocidal, monstrous ideologies of Manifest Destiny/settler-colonialism, and that they will stand in the way of progress and as enemies of the rest of humanity.

They can learn or, if unwilling, in any decent system, die (whether through active measures or dying out naturally). Humanity cannot coexist with such evils, even if the rest of humanity tried the nature is such that it would only come back to terrorize them, to repeat the cycle until reeducated or put down for good.

Big “people die when they are killed” energy. Or considering Gaza, perhaps “people starve when they are prevented from accessing food…”

Hell, Telegram has been used by the US’ various regime-change lackeys. Not that the “newspaper” cum rags of empire would ever mention that bit.

Comes to mind actually, some of those white supremacist terrorists also fall under part of that category (Banderites and the Euromaidan). When they talk about Telegram being a “playground for criminals/extremists/terrorists”- honestly I imagine most (if not all- where there’s organized crime, extremism, and terrorism, 99.99% of the time there’s Yankees involved… the other 0.01% of the time you’re not looking hard enough) of them are connected to the US’ purse strings in one way or another lol

Yes. TBH whenever he gets brought up I miss the automated jokes from genZedong…

A rapist, a snitch, a plagiarist, and a racist walk into a bar.

The bartender asks: “How’s the new book coming Mr. Orwell?”

Gonna admit, I somehow completely overlooked the dildos (not that I’ve anything against it either). That said, yeah, it is marked as “adult only” (not sure if it is a porno game or not though, I’ll have to play through to see but it seems more focused on the VN side of things and from the reviews I assume if there is adult content it’s not the primary focus of the game).

As for whoever thought of making it- hell if I know, but as they don’t seem to be a chud about it (from a brief view, anyways- it was recced by a LGBT curator I follow, the comments don’t seem to be lib shit) I can only see it as a positive.

It probably also gives me my own ideas for actual Stal-chan based games, which I’d admittedly not considered before. I probably wouldn’t turn him into a blond anime girl (because Stalin as is is already peak kawaii) and it probably wouldn’t be a VN if I did anything, though…

For the DS, some that come to mind which haven’t yet been mentioned (and which aren’t available elsewhere):

Solatorobo, Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, Monster Racers, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon (available on PC but they removed the pop-up card game, heresy) 😖

As for some other DS games that honestly probably have better alternatives, but that I also have fond memories of-

Phantasy Star Zero (a big part of my childhood, playing multi- all pirated of course- with my sibs), Ragnarok DS (Ragnarok Online but DS), Atelier Annie, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

For the 3DS:

Ever Oasis, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (updated port of the DS game, very similar to Etrian Odyssey mentioned in this thread- and great), Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked and Devil Survivor 2 (SMT formula, but with grid-based tactics), 7th Dragon III

(edit) also forgot-

For the DS: Dragon Quest IX, Infinite Space, the Tales games that are on the DS (they have fanmade English patches, those that aren’t released outside Japan…), Sands of Destruction.

Lately (or for a long while now) I’ve been mainly playing gachas, so there’s hesitance to reccomend them no matter how great they are (if you’re still curious though; Reverse 1999 and Honkai: Star Rail are the ones I’d probs recommend most). And others have mostly mentioned titles I liked, and then there are the well-known names that feel a bit too obvious to recommend… (Hollow Knight, Hades, and Monster Hunter: World as some choice ones if you’re asking though)

If you want a neat little game with platforming and where you control spiders, though, Webbed is a fun one. Peglin is also a neat pachinko-roguelike game. Astral Ascent is also great (roguelike platformer). And Ooblets (farming-Pokemonlike nonviolent cozy game) is also amazing.

Also, since it came to mind recently when thinking on

if kinetic VNs (ie. no choices involved) are your thing, Seabed is great.

Agreed, really the only complaint is that they took the Cornish down with them.

Incredibly based, cheers comrade

also resolves the paradox of why ‘White’ foreigners were treated so differently from ‘Black’ foreigners;

In this regard, sadly, while it’s not nationalism (a sensible nationalist would if anything, dislike white westerners in particular and may even find common cause with other non-whites, particularly those who also aren’t western)… black stereotypes play only one small part in that IMO, and if anything probably a considerably lesser part than the obvious- white worship, white beauty standards, etc… the “post-colonial” mentality is all around us, and no part of the world is exactly exempt from that.

“White” foreigners, particularly those from the “wealthy/prestigious” west, have a particular premium- the kind that comes from having roamed about with extraterritoriality in most places, with enforced racial supremacy and with near-undisputed hegemony for centuries (how many centuries differs by region, but China has over a century of trauma for instance in this regard). I hear of the same, or very similar, treatment being given to Asians (east, south, west), to visibly mixed/non-white Latinos, etc… whiteness simply happens to be a currency in its own right, and not just in Asia, as far as I’ve very credibly heard second-hand, or seen online, the same goes for Africa and Latin America as well (LatAm having its own messed up racial hierarchies very similar in nature tbh).

In that same vein, western-ness has its own prestige as well; I imagine an African-American might, despite all the negative stereotypes, be seen in a much better light in Asia than an African from Africa or the Caribbean (not that people would dislike the African, necessarily/probably?) I certainly (often, not always) experienced better treatment with strangers for my own Canadian accent, despite being fully Asian.

And as this is regarding the treatment of black/white foreigners in Asia- if it helps, I don’t think the stereotypes carry over as much to black people (even tourists) in Asia, nor to black people who don’t present themselves as part of “gangsta culture.” African-Americans in Asia aren’t exactly likely to behave in such a manner, after all- so it really is a matter of white prestige (and on some level also colorism, which has a much longer history than colonialism in Asia and I don’t really think is tied to nationalism either).

Other than that- I’m aware of the Boondocks, while I’ve not watched it (eventually) I’ve really enjoyed a lot of the show’s clips, tbh. Their take on BET seems absolutely spot-on… IMO a very similar phenomenon is very visible (and widely complained about in the Asian diasporic community) against Asians in western media as well- though in its case it has none of the glamor or “self-made” culture or associated pride attached to it (fetishization of Asian women, emasculation of Asian men, and a serious otherization and blatant disdain for both) so it just pisses people off, those who don’t go all self-hating due to it, anyways. The (generally seen as, in practice 50/50 and still harmful) stereotypes and glamor/“self-made”/pride narrative comes in with the “model minority” myth instead.

As a side note, it just surprises me that the horribly-exploitative colonizing nations, which can be understandably stereotyped as ‘White’, haven’t also had a similar racial demonization. I suspect its similar to here, where the rich haute thief with a smile is looked over but the poor petit thief is a brute.

That’s how it is all over the world and for most of history, I think… only education can solve it. And even those who have sympathy for those in poverty, and who are in the same lot, will naturally at least dislike, if not hate, those who do act like brutes (the haute thieves hire their own brutes- not all petite thieves are brutes on the other hand, hell I’d say many are more than justified in doing what they do if it’s the right targets). And brutes are always the most visible and immediately threatening lot, when they’re around…

Lumpen can be great people, and have great revolutionary, positive, community-building potential. Some of the greatest comrades, like Stalin, were first lumpen. But those who take from their community (their actual community- fellow proles, those who are struggling just the same) are at least scum on some level at the time of the act. Honest truth is I’ve done it before (if not much, and not in a long time), while I’d not say I had sticky fingers (kid me, maybe somewhat) there’s still a very strong self-taught impulse, or debatably, survival mechanism, that tells me not to let an opportunity slip by, that I have to “claw my way up” and “take what I want” etc… I’ve always had a strong sense of decency/morals/pride to go with it at least, but it is what it is.

a couple of Chinese citizens I’ve spoken to nowadays report that US racism has crept in among the nationalists (racial stereotyping about wealth and criminality which I’d rather not repeat, and attitudes towards interracial relationships reflecting those differing stereotypes).

Not a Chinese national (ethnic Chinese though, and my family comes from Singapore though I was raised in and live in Canada) but I think I’d chime in on this one- this US racism, or specifically, stereotyping, has spread as an international phenomenon; that is the predictable result of having a global empire whose strongest asset is- honestly, not its military (as massively bloated as it is) but its propaganda. This is not at all a Chinese-specific phenomenon, nor a Chinese-nationalistic phenomenon (as Chinese nationalists have nothing to gain from mentally putting down African-Americans an ocean away), and I’d argue is even wholly unrelated to the phenomenon of nationalism in general.

Black PoWs, in the age of the Korean war, or the Vietnam war, etc… also came along in the backdrop of African-American mainstream culture as it was, and how it was perceived across the world, in that time period; and I don’t think it’s exaggerating it to say that that, is a completely different story compared to how African-American culture presents itself to the world today, after the civil rights movement has been stripped of its teeth, its leading activists all killed, crack flooded into the streets, a very specific kind of “gangster” culture repugnant to most cultures’ senses of propriety and decency is promoted as the face of black America, etc… I’m just calling it as it is- I have respect for someone so long as they’re alright, personally- but let’s not kid ourselves, there is a whole lot being promoted, by capitalist media, by primarily white-owned labels etc., that is incredibly… unrelatable to anyone who isn’t looking to embody the worst aspects of the lumpenproletariat (of which I consider myself a part of), which is remarkably self-destructive, and which can also be considered a sort of pseudo-class traitor (or outright class-traitor) aspirations…

Myself not being black, I have some hesitation in typing this, but you have to understand that I’m not coming from a point of hate here. Hell, I’ve been homeless (and this culture is a serious issue, that primarily preys upon those disadvantaged, of minority communities, etc). Most people that would even be considered to be living “that life” can recognize there’s some seriously unhealthy shit being promoted as the face of black America; and I’ve befriended them, and it rarely goes well, but even where it does it really is a self-destructive path not conducive to either living in capitalist society (unless you hit it big) nor living as a decent person who treats others with decency in turn, nor being a good comrade (frankly a lot of it is likely designed nowadays to divert people from such a path in the first place). Frankly, the CIA is running victory laps (saw someone say that before; repeating it here) at how they have destroyed the image, esteem, and values (no, I’m not talking “masculine/traditional/etc” values) of the black community.

The image of black America today is very, very different from what it once was, to sum it up. And while the rest of the world generally has sympathy for their plight- this stereotypical image has gone a long way in furthering the cause of division, which is what it was crafted for. Many Asian parents (not just Chinese) might warn their kids off from hanging around a certain crowd as an example, but the same goes for many African (immigrant) parents, as well as many African-American parents who either have “escaped the hood” or who aspire to do so. And that can be extrapolated on a global scale, and not just to parents as well- the truth is, with some people’s vibes, sometimes you literally need to watch your stuff, or even outright your back (ie. your safety)- shit has gotten bad. This is undeniable.

And meanwhile, alongside all this, the imperial divide-and-conquer games continue. Back in the 60s and 70s, there would not generally have been a reason to drive Asians against Blacks and vice versa, for instance (save for in certain small regions with large populations of both- so some parts of the Caribbean, and Uganda’s Indian population come to mind). Nowadays I think I can safely say that anti-Asian hate has been cultivated in a fair amount of the black diaspora (and vice versa- not black Africans though, they’re a entirely different story in my experience) and mutual distrust, even if there is also room for a lot of solidarity and relations (which I’ve experienced) has festered between both communities. People aren’t entirely ignorant, we (both the Asian diaspora, and Asians in Asia) can see these sorts of things and understand in some degree what is going on.

Hopefully that gives more context on the subject of your comment. I’m not justifying it whatsoever; but I’m simply saying that I don’t think these stereotypes, in a Asian (and particularly mainland Asian) context, have anything to do with nationalism.

(edit) and this is before getting into the… mess that is the other side of the picture- the promotion of a token image of African-Americans, as the face of empire, to “blackwash” imperial crimes. Nowadays they usually send black delegates to the UN when it’s about Palestine for instance, if you’ve noticed. The first black POTUS declared the “pivot to Asia,” destroyed Africa’s most prosperous country, and ramped up the atrocities against Muslims. Now there’s Kamala Harris, that black (and Asian) slaver (yes, that is what she is), who is Genocide Joe’s second-in-command (officially, in practice I imagine she’s rather useless). On one hand there’s an image of “black gangsterism” (no offense to the countless decent lumpen out there, and at least in some degree you gotta do what you gotta do) being promoted, then on the other hand there’s an image of “black propriety” being promoted as well, which is just a black token face for the genocidal, imperialist machine… anyways you get the deal.

I “Slava Rossiya” pretty often nowadays. They just keep racking up Ws; maybe if the west pushes hard enough, they can drive the lib out of Putin completely (probably not but one can hope). Slava Palestina, and Slava China as well.

Well, let’s wait and see which fails first- this power plant once it starts up, or your shithole genocide-reich of a country :D

Fingers crossed, maybe in a few years you won’t even have the internet access to spew your garbage anymore.

Gonna pull a Sikorsky here and say- thank you USA! All this is ensuring is that Europe and ultimately the west will be de-industrialized, and end of the day China will have all the chips (literally and metaphorically) and the west will have none.