I will never understand how these pragmatist cold warriors allowed for the deindustrialization of the west in favour of China.

I’m the bag saying

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Whoever designed that advertisement campaign should go straight to the reeducation camp

Corrected: be a Gabriel Rockhill in a world of Zizeks

Relatable lmao

Again, no. I don’t see why someone studying 20 years to be a doctor and performing 10-hour surgeries has to earn the same as someone who, say, earns a living in a less qualified position or who just wants to work less, communism isn’t when everyone gets the same. Equal opportunities hopefully, as much as possible, but definitely not everyone getting the same necessarily.

Communism isn’t when everyone gets equal, it’s just a system in which there aren’t two classes, with one owning the capital and the other having to sell their labor power as a commodity while being exploited.

Misanthropy and socialism don’t go well together IMO. My desires of social justice and betterment of living standards for everyone aren’t that compatible with misanthropy, at least in my opinion. What makes you a socialist then?

Nah, not about people being stupid. The propaganda apparatus is omnipresent and STRONG, it’s been perfected over centuries, and it accompanies us from birth to death.

LoRa communications brings Meshtastic to mind, which I assume you’re familiar with?

At the speed with which this administration is pushing new legislation, it kinda shows how easy it to actually pass shit instead of this interplay between different government bodies, representatives, legalism and other bullshit slowing down progressive policy. “Noooo Obama couldn’t codify Roe V Wade because looking at subsection 7 of the Structures of Parliament document B of the 1996 edition it says that…”

bring back Henry Kissinger

kill Henry Kissinger

bring back Henry Kissinger

kill Henry Kissinger

bring back Lenin

explain Lenin what’s going on

explain Lenin who’s Henry Kissinger

bring back Henry Kissinger

Lenin kills Henry Kissinger

Don’t give me hope… T_T

It’s not about looking weaker than any given country, it’s about countries understanding that bad actions towards you have bad consequences. You can’t just do anything you want in regards to policy with me, there will be consequences

You mean because of the sanctions?

The deindustrialization of the west since the 70s tells you all you need to know tbh. Chinese policymakers (who for the most part have compulsory study of Marxism) at the time must have been with eyes wide open like “no fucking way this is actually happening bruh”

Honestly, it may be dumb economically, but it’s also important for states to show they won’t be manipulated easily, even if it hurts your own country too. It’s a principle of international relations, that of reciprocity, and I don’t think it’s super dumb.

I personally like camping videos. A channel called Tahta Rikzy Origma has some chill ones in some southeast Asian country, always in very dense and green forests; another one called Kusk Bushcraft has vídeos of camping in forests in Canada. Both help me a lot to sleep when I’m stressed out.

Albert Szymanski, I think in “human rights in the Soviet Union”, discusses a framework of oppression, in which he explains oppression as a tool that states apply when they feel like they’re at risk of losing popular support. This has a lot to do with how powerful and influential a state is, the power of its media vs media of other countries, and importantly, the living conditions of people inside vs outside.

The West™ has, for the past century, had the luxury of showing itself as the paradigm of social progress and freedom, because it had the economical advantage and therefore the strongest and most omnipresent media, and people could see that they had better material conditions in many cases than in other countries (at least in terms of income, not so in welfare depending on the country). Things are changing. Since 2008, living standards in Europe have plunged, social services have been cut, and the rise of China with yearly increases in both GDP and earnings of 5%, make Europe pale in comparison. The only way the state apparatus in the west will have to make citizens believe they’re still the best, is through oppression, and in China we’re seeing / we will see the opposite trend.

That’s my guess anyway

Bought a pair for my mom because her exercise of choice is swimming and they work great underwater (the submergible ones). She’s very happy with them

I think it’s common knowledge that it got triggered by deindustrialization through offshoring in the 70s-onwards, and it really started to be patently visible after the 2008 euro crisis and the austerity suicide