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[โ€“] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

They're left leaning and ~~pro-orientalist~~ anti-imperialist, I think?

[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They're left leaning and pro-orientalist

geordi-no

They're left leaning and anti-imperialist

geordi-yes

[โ€“] davel@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

pro-orientalist

Anti-orientalism would be closer to the mark, or more generally, anti-racist/chauvanist.

[โ€“] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

Google Bard tells me that pro-orientalism is anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism. I should rely less on LLMs lol.

[โ€“] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Oh damn now I want to read that book referenced at the top. That sounds great.

[โ€“] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

left leaning

We would make Stalin look like a liberal.

pro-orientalist

cringe