That’s an article from 2014. You might have missed a couple of administrations.
Hey, what was the name of the VP in that administration? Joe something, Bowden? Beetown? Whatever happened to him, he still in any kind of position of influence in DC?
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And ultimately it doesn't fucking matter, as US foreign policy is nearly indistinguishable between administrations
Counting on my fingers...
There's the administration I'm talking about.... the next one.... and then the current one....
How many does a couple mean? 
Jerbel Belrden?
Joe "Brace" Belden, also known as pisspiggranddad
they really think it's like when in baseball both teams have to get off the field and switch sides.
They need to touch serious fucking grass. Ratio'd the fuck out of them when they tried to take an Ultra-Maoist stance on why Socialism With Chinese Characteristics is Capitalist. 
The best part was that it was on a Lemmy.World World News anti-PRC thread filled with racist Xi caricatures and other nonsense, once they realized I knew what I was talking about they gave me a warning not to troll other commenters in bad-faith again (lol). Even the libs seemed to side with me there, lmao 
Legitimately think they are seriously struggling in their personal life, they've been malding in nearly every comment for the last bit. I kinda pity them.
That thread was genuinely hilarious and also a good reminder (to me) that liberals will refuse to engage with supporting sources (even from their own preferred media outlets) if it's in contradiction with their vibes-analysis of something. The bad faith accusation against you after you effort-post replied multiple times in a non-combative and sourced way was pathetic even for that instance.
Godspeed to you continuing to try to help the few salvageable world members.
Thanks! Yep, you nailed it. Liberalism cannot coexist with genuine analysis along the lines of Dialectical and Historical Materialism. You can notice that they took an ultra-Maoist stance, evidently making it seem like they supported the Cultural Revolution entirely and are anti-Dengist, but they also are generally liberal and anti-Maoist. They have no beliefs, they just want to purity test everyone.
They have no beliefs,
They have one belief: that they are smart and superior to everyone else. 
The source of that emoji has actually been a cool and good person lately so I felt reluctant to continue the emoji combo. 
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In my opinion, people easily fall into idealist critiques of Marxists if they don’t read Marx.
All. The. Time. It's why I mostly don't even bother arguing with people who won't even at least attempt to read Marx or any theory. LIke, don't even throw dialectics in the mix. I just want these people to grasp the basics instead of running to cliches and fallacies.
I have been weening off of the debate-broing (even though I still do it 
) but I think clearly pointing out the court jesters for Imperialism, the "left" anticommunists that don't understand the very beginnings of Marxism yet claim to be critiquing Socialist movements "from the left" is invaluable for leading other people to theory and radicalization.
I have no belief that Flying Squid will become a Marxist after this, but maybe one or two libs were SWCC-pilled when they saw my dunk on a Lemmy.world post, and may reconsider their anti-PRC stance in the future. Just a small hope. 
Watching Libs interact with MLs on forums and subs is what prompted me to get curious about the Left, in general.
Same here! I almost think reading just a bit of Marx does more harm than good, because idealism and liberalism fills in the gaps if you don't thoroughly purge them with an understanding of Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, rather than the usual path of understanding his critique of Capitalism and advocacy for collective ownership. A liberal and idealist analysis results in the weird ultra-Maoist liberal takes from people like Flying Squid, they don't even like Mao so what did they want to happen? Magic Marxism to elevate the productive forces? People to legitimately stay poor under a system without private property, but little productive forces to begin with?
People who think you must go through Capitalism to get to Communism are wrong, of course, but so is the idea that a Dictatorship of the Proletariat carefully managing and pruning a market economy is suddenly Capitalist because there's Private Property.
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He does struggle with a lot of personal stuff. Health/disability issues. Medical cannabis to cope with chronic pain.
Before he was a mod I used to chat with him quite a bit on my lemm.ee alt.
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I've seen a picture of him. Very masculine presenting, so I assume he uses he/him pronouns
That's sad to hear. Hopefully the pain has a cure or treatment, but health issues are awful regardless.
I think they need to take a step back, maybe purge their online presense for a bit and come back later, do a bit of a detox.
As for pronouns, Flying Squid doesn't list them so I don't use he/him, that's just my personal stance. I know people who go by they/them or none/use name online (my fiance being one of them) despite having a binary gender, so I'd like to respect that at least unless I find a statement otherwise.
Thanks for the insight!
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Get a load of that idiot patting themselves on the back like they're a champion boxer with footwork that makes them untouchable by the likes of you or me
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