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       Re: Social decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: January 12, 2025, 8:21 pm
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       Here is an enemy video reacting to another enemy video, both of
       which are trying to Westernize Japan:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFvMCiKCbbE
       There was absolutely nothing wrong with the negative reaction of
       the fans. Only Westerners (by which I include both video
       creators) would think the problem is the behaviour of the fans
       instead of the behaviour of the idol (who deliberately misled*
       the fans about being single while continuing to accept their
       money, when in fact she was already dating). If the idol wanted
       to date, she should have announced her intention prior to
       beginning dating, so that the fans could decide on full
       information whether or not to continue to spend more money on
       her. This way, the fans would not feel deceived.
       (* Also, the idol looks like what we would expect. See also:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/non-aryan-treachery/<br
       />)
       The deeper danger is both video creators arguing that idols have
       no duties towards their fans in the first place. This is a
       wholly Western perspective which, if normalized, will destroy
       idol culture in non-Western countries. Even worse is denigrating
       the fans with slurs. The fans are able to idealize idols
       precisely because they have retained at least this aspect of
       non-Western culture. (And no, the fans by spending money on
       their idol are not expecting to hook up with their idol in
       return. The very notion is absurd, as any fan to hypothetically
       do so would be betraying all the other fans. The whole point is
       for everyone to work together in maintaining the status quo for
       the duration of the idol's career.)
       Back in the Counterculture era (when chastity clauses in
       contracts were more common), idols overall understood their
       duties better, and took them more seriously (though of course
       there were still bad apples). The increasingly worsening
       standards of idol behaviour and acceptance of such with passing
       decades is a sign of increasing implicit Westernization.
       #Post#: 29348--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Social decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: February 11, 2025, 7:19 pm
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  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-sleeping
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       > Bed-sharing, a practice in which babies and young children
       sleep in the same bed with one or both parents
       > ...
       > Bed-sharing among married couples is standard practice in many
       parts of the world outside of North America, Europe and
       Australia
       > ...
       > One 2006 study of children age 3–10 in India reported 93% of
       children bed-sharing[3] while a 2006 study of children in
       Kentucky in the United States reported 15% of infants and
       toddlers 2 weeks to 2 years engage in bed-sharing.[4]
       --- End Quote ---
       This is how inferior Western civilization is.
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       > It has been argued that co-sleeping evolved over five million
       years
       --- End Quote ---
       I would it has evolved over even longer, given that it is also
       standard practice among non-human mammals, birds, reptiles,
       etc..
       And of course Western scientists had to violently separate
       animal children from their mothers to confirm what I knew
       without experimentation:
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       > In studies with animals, infants who stayed close to their
       mothers had higher levels of growth hormones and enzymes
       necessary for brain and heart growth.[24][25]
       --- End Quote ---
       ::)
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       > Initial assumptions on co-sleeping may place it in a context
       of income and socioeconomic status. Generally, families of low
       socioeconomic status will be unable to afford a separate room
       for a child while those of high socioeconomic status can more
       easily afford a home with a sufficient number of rooms.[9]
       However, statistical data shows the prevalence of co-sleeping in
       wealthy Japanese families and the ability of poor Western
       families to still find a separate space for their child,
       suggests that the acceptance of co-sleeping is a result of
       culture.[36]
       > ...
       > Several studies show that the prevalence of co-sleeping is a
       result of cultural preference. In a study of 19 nations, a trend
       emerged, depicting a widely accepted practice of co-sleeping in
       Asian, African, and Latin American countries, while European and
       North American countries rarely practiced it.[37] This trend
       resulted mostly from the respective fears of parents: Asian,
       African, and Latin American parents worried about the separation
       between the parents and the child, while European and North
       American parents feared a lack of privacy for both the parents
       and the child.[9]
       --- End Quote ---
       Homework: who should be prohibited from reproducing first?
       To be clear, I am not saying that co-sleeping suits all
       children. Individual children who are less confortable with it
       than with sleeping separately should not be forced to co-sleep,
       just as individual children who are less comfortable with
       sleeping separately should not be forced to sleep separately. It
       all comes down to following what each child individually
       prefers.
       See also:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/canada-residential-schools/
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       Re: Social decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: August 11, 2025, 7:13 pm
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       Continuing from:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/social-decolonization/msg9846/#msg9846
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9u0wcyFTUg
       It is non-Western.
       #Post#: 32576--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Social decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 4, 2026, 9:17 pm
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       Continuing from the first post in this topic:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/social-decolonization/msg2370/#msg2370
       this should be the standard rather than the exception:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmlX4xR13-0
       I hope Haining successfully remains faithful, as do various
       romantic/proto-Gnostic commenters:
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       > Real love is eternal.
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       > Time is'nt a healer.
       --- End Quote ---
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       > If its not stubborn, its not true love.
       --- End Quote ---
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       > When you finally get the love of your life, don't mess it up
       and don't let go.
       --- End Quote ---
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       > may they find each other in their next life.
       --- End Quote ---
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       > I believe when his time comes, she will be the one to come to
       him and take him with her.
       --- End Quote ---
       In contrast, Western commenters explicitly hope he fails:
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       > My advice to this wonderful man is:  keep your memory of your
       wife in your heart, but move on to find your new love.
       --- End Quote ---
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       > even if he did remarry, no one should blame him as he should
       try to find happiness again.
       --- End Quote ---
       This is how inferior Western civilization is.
       On the other hand, my problem with Haining's behaviour is
       exactly what the Confucianist commenters are praising him for:
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       > He continues to live alone, yet he treats his wife’s parents
       with kindness.
       --- End Quote ---
       Huixiang's parents were the ones who tried to separate them in
       the first place, forcing them to run away and live in unhealthy
       conditions! If not for them, Huixiang might not even have gotten
       cancer! The correct attitude from Haining should be to treat
       them as Huixiang's possible killers. At the very least he should
       demand them to return to him all the money he once gave them to
       spend on Huixiang's medical bills! That Haining does not is an
       example of Confucianist inferiority.
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