Chana

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago

Soft tofu is already good as it is, too. Lots of dishes are just soft tofu and a sauce and they are great.

White people just have a habit of trying to pretend it is a direct meat substitute and so they do things like bake it into oblivion with minimal seasoning. They then complain about the flavorless pucks.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago

Freezing just makes it a different style. Usually double freezing to build up ice crystals. When thawed, this leaves it porous.

It's good but not better per se. Tofu is already really good before messing with it much. Just gotta cook it right or use the right toppings.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago

Both criticisms are just making shit up because they are incurious. "Tankies" always have long explanations for countries they critically support in various actions or just, you know, don't racistly villify as existential evils.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Malcolm X had a pretty wild journey and while he never fully shed some reactionary and huckster aspects of his past, he became progressively communist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

The workers losing their struggles will come to different conclusions if left to themselves, which really means left to capitalist propaganda and their personal biases. Some can radicalize, others cynical but fearful of any future workplace organizing. This is another place where direct and honest socialist involvement can help, ideally at the stage of inoculation. If you tell people how things can go but convince them that it is worth the fight anyways, they won't feel misled or betrayed and can point fingers in the right direction. Without that inoculation things tend to go worse.

I think the US will have several vanguard parties develop. My hope would be that they can move towards each other and merge rather than digging in heels when there is disagreement. The ones with wrong lines figuring this out, changing, and then merging. Or maybe a large membership shift to just one org. These are nice problems to have compared to today, with low memberships.

That USSR flag subliminally messaged you into being a commie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Oh for sure. There are Workers United people in a lot of local socialist groups. They have a strong base for radicalization and militancy. My critique is at the organizational level. I'm only aware of sporadic Trot and DSA attempts to work directly on their campaigns and I wouldn't describe either group as really knowing what they're doing, i.e. being able to provide mentorship.

SWU was basically floundering for over a year with minimal support from SEIU. A perfect group to integrate with, they were also left floundering by most socialist groups. Part of this is also capacity, since socialist groups are small. It's just part of the reality of why it is challenging to develop organizing skills.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

No worries, friend. Take care of yourself! I know some folks in similar situations that are recharged by organizing and feel worse when taking breaks, but that's definitely not everyone. Do whatever is best for you and consider this stuff when you're ready.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I recall WhatsApp previously claimed e2e but actually they kept an unencrypted copy for themselves. After all, they control the clients.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I could never be responsible for that kind of thing. I'd immediately want to bomb the palace, aka worst idea ever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Mao condemned Kruschev for not starting a war with the US over the Cuban Missile Crisis. Like a hot war.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

He was fairly adventurist before he became communist. But in Bolivia he just miscalculated on how he could build support. The same strategy that worked in Cuban countryside did not work in Bolivia, it did not balloon with basically universal support. His understanding of local conditions was insufficient.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago
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