Asking for accelerationism and asking for higher-awareness of material conditions is different. For most treatlerites, the only thing that's ever going to give them a higher-awareness is the cut-off of third-world exploitation that all their treats come from.
Wanting the end of the exploitation of the periphery doesn't mean accelerationism.
Why? What in your genius do you think is the better solution? Continued rampant colonialism? Exploitation of the periphery and third world? Austerity and the elimination of the disabled in countries like England?
Or just the idea of anything that threatens your cozy coding lifestyle makes you squeal at the idea of your treats getting taken away?
"We need a European style democracy."
"The example, right? Well-funded institutions dedicated to working class well-being?"
"No, exploiting Africa and sending billions to Ukraine. How else do we get the healthcare budget to cut in the first place?"
my apologies, was also tired lmfao.
understood, will delete what I said.
Huh? It sounded like you were saying they were sanctioned for a reason because of supporting the resistance. I was saying they have every reason to support and fight against America and their dogs.
Unless you mean it in a "they were sanctioned because they were based" way, then I get it.
soft pow·er
noun
a persuasive approach to international relations, typically involving the use of economic or cultural influence.
Everything I described falls under that, with their history of being the most level-headed economic player and growing more and more advanced by the day helps them out in their diplomacy. If you want an example that fits more of your definition, then I would point to the massive amount of brain-drain from the United States to China. I also mentioned productive forces. There is no misunderstanding here.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-13/mother-of-all-bombs-afghanistan
This is older and was before China was leading the top 20 academic journals. They aren't so weak when they are successfully draining and using their "soft-power" to attract the brightest minds to their nation. They would lose a lot of this if they were to directly intervene or deploy in Iran against the United States.
This one is more recent.
Because it has every right to be that way?
"The number of Korean dead, injured or missing by war's end approached three million, ten percent of the overall population. The majority of those killed were in the North, which had half of the population of the South; although the DPRK does not have official figures, possibly twelve to fifteen percent of the population was killed in the war, a figure close to or surpassing the proportion of Soviet citizens killed in World War II...
Russian accusations of indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets did not register with the Americans at all. But for the North Koreans, living in fear of B-29 attacks for nearly three years, including the possibility of atomic bombs, the American air war left a deep and lasting impression. The DPRK government never forgot the lesson of North Korea's vulnerability to American air attack, and for half a century after the Armistice continued to strengthen anti-aircraft defenses, build underground installations, and eventually develop nuclear weapons to ensure that North Korea would not find itself in such a position again... The war against the United States, more than any other single factor, gave North Koreans a collective sense of anxiety and fear of outside threats that would continue long after the war's end."
250,000 civilians
Contractor: "Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt, but what are you two talking about?"
Randal: "Ending of Return of the Jedi."
Dante: "My friend here is trying to convince me that any independent contractor that was working on the death star were innocent victims when they was destroyed by the rebels."
Contractor: "Well, I'm a contractor, roofer; home n' ready improvements and speaking as a roofer I can tell you a roofer's personal politics comes into play heavily when choosing jobs."
Randal: "Like when?"
Contractor: "Three months ago I was offered a job up in the hills. A beautiful house with tons of property. It was a simple reshingling job, but I was told that if it was finished within a day, my price would be doubled. Then I realized whose house it was."
Dante: "Whose house was it?"
Contractor: "Dominick Bambino's."
Randal: ""Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?"
Contractor: "The same. The money was right, but the risk was too big. I knew who he was, and based on that, I passed the job on to a friend of mine."
Dante: "Based on personal politics."
Contractor: "Right. And that week, the Foresci family put a hit on Babyface's house. My friend was shot and killed. He wasn't even finished shingling."
Randal: "No way!"
Contractor: "I'm alive because I knew there were risks involved taking on that particular client. My friend wasn't so lucky...You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this... (taps his heart) not his wallet."
The massive industry base that the west has in China that has been used to build productive forces, as well as the diplomatic power that they use to align and support resistance factions. Example of this would be this: https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjbzhd/202407/t20240723_11458790.html#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+most+important+consensus+from%2Cis+the+agreement+on+establishing
Some gems, top comment aside:
"Our glorious peacekeepers in Rwanda, their barbarous peacekeepers in Sudan"
A lot of cope, but some of the subsequent threads on one of the biggest subreddits with begrudgingly tolerable views towards China is...interesting.
Beyond just that, it's just objectively a good thing exploitation would stop. Saying that "I don't think third world countries should be strip-mined for resources" doesn't mean accelerationism, it's damage control and prevention. Advocating for those things to be dismantled does mean a significant chunk of "treats" getting stripped away, which I'm not gonna complain about for the reasons you mentioned.
Labor aristocracy is helluva drug.