Direct action groups changing their names like I change the name of my fantasy baseball team.
CleverOleg
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The one response I’ve been using recently with good results IRL when they say the USSR failed:
“GDP per capita in Russia and most of the republics of the USSR didn’t recover until well into the 21st century. If the USSR had just limped along with low growth instead of collapse, GDP per capita today would be higher. And that’s before accounting for the fact that due to methodological tricks GDP favors capitalist nations, and especially the fact that GDP per capita doesn’t account for distribution; so more equal societies have been material conditions for more people than more unequal societies. Essentially, your typical worker in Russia or other former SSRs would be in better material circumstances today if the USSR never collapsed.
I feel like this needs a content warning but I have no idea what that content warning would say.
My friend is pretty smart too. They’ve been listening to some libertarian podcasts so I figured I’d listen to some to get a sense of what they’re being exposed to, and they way they analyze the world around them is just so…. basic. Like the polar opposite of dialectical materialism. I actually think I lost respect for my friend knowing that they hold these views.
While I’m not going to take Trump’s word for what’s actually in this trade deal, I assume it’s more about finance capital getting their hooks into Vietnam, which is bad. If it’s only about physical goods then sure, no big deal. But why is Vietnam accepting a 20% tariff (even though it’s obviously the US consumer that pays for it)?
If I choose to be optimistic, it seems to me that the CPC is starting to see that the market mechanisms that helped make the country rich over the last 40 years are no longer the right tools going forward. But like any relationship… breaking up is hard. When doing things one way has led to so many benefits, it can be incredibly difficult to just change course (especially for the conservative CPC leadership). Personally I think they will continue to try and bargain with markets until we get to a major crisis. However, I don’t believe that crisis will lead to capitalist restoration. Rather I do think that crisis will be what pushes the CPC to rely less on markets; but I don’t see them acting until that crisis hits.
Sort of, more like vague allusions to environmentalism being “bad” because atheists and leftists were for it, and it was type of idolatry, but they never really got into the details of that one.
I swear to god Americans - even the “smart” ones - are so intellectually incurious. Who was Josef Stalin? What did he think and do? Doesn’t matter don’t care, just talk about him like he’s a comic book villain, no one will call you out on it anyway.
Yeah a good journalist isn’t going to draw conclusions for you. Worth pointing that the author mentions how popular the idea is among the people, and the only opposition he cites is from a billionaire grocery chain owner as he specifically mentions in the article. Most readers will spot that not only does this person have an interest in this program not succeeding, but has probably never been in a situation where he has to worry about his next meal.
Found a link with the video on the TrueAnon sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAnon/comments/1lmrjs5/man_starts_a_fun_chant/
Fury as Glastonbury crowd chants 'Death to the IDF!' in scenes aired live on the BBC
Punk duo Bob Vylan led crowds in chants of 'Free Palestine' and 'Death to the IDF' on Saturday, prompting fury from supporters of Israel on social media.
The English group was streamed live by the BBC while performing directly before Irish language rap trio Kneecap, who the corporation refused to show live after controversial incidents including one of its members being charged with a terror offence.
The BBC previously confirmed it would not livestream Kneecap's performance but would likely upload an edited version on iPlayer later - but if it hoped to avoid controversy over the war in Gaza bosses will be disappointed.
In the act just before Kneecap, singer/guitarist Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan, who founded their band in 2017 in Ipswich, flashed up a large message in support of Palestinians while their set was being broadcast live by the BBC.
Archived link, I went with the Daily Fail because I like seeing their pearl-clutching.
Turns out the US actually can build something as fast as the Chinese can build hospitals, but of course it’s obviously done for evil purposes.