The other fellow was being a real asshole, so I think perhaps the mod was primed to a very hostile reading (e.g. of our friend yog being a paid shill or something), since I think you were being obnoxious but it’s counter-productive to take mod action against something so trivial when just responding suffices.

If you’re interested in an answer, while I don’t entirely agree with Yog on most issues relating to China, Marxists are obliged to have quite a lot of evidence to back up their claims while liberals can just sort of coast off of cultural norms because their ideology is already hegemonic. I don’t keep a list of links because I don’t take notes for almost anything, but I definitely make sure to remember the titles (etc.) of useful articles so I can retrieve them in a circumstance like this. That’s very inefficient though, so it makes sense that yog would just keep them on-hand for common liberal talking points to prevent needing to look them up over and over.

If that’s what you genuinely believe, that’s even more depressing.

ironic that you also accuse me of cherry picking when you responded to half of what i said and left the rest

That’s because what you said was nonsense based on your cherry picking. The sources I provided very clearly show that none of this colonialism that you bleat about is actually happening in practice. And if you had a shred of intellectual honesty, you’d be addressing the actual findings in the many studies conducted. Instead, you’ve exposed yourself as a troll. So there’s no need to address anything you said.

also crazy that you just admitted to having an archival system for arguing with strangers on the internet my guy torture wouldn’t have got that out of me

Wow it’s so crazy that somebody would save links that address the arguments that trolls on here make time and again. Absolutely crazy stuff!