purpleworm

Thank you for your service o7

A big company doing basic customer support via discord is wild. Talk about offloading expenses.

I think at that point in the Cold War, with the power of the global socialist movements, it would have been incorrect to basically kamikaze into (adequately strategic targets in) America, but it's not as unreasonable as it sounds out of context, and certainly not as senseless as the ideas of post-being-tortured-out-of-his-mind Posadas. If it actually worked, that's NATO being nearly caved in without a strong causus belli against the rest of the socialist world. The main issue is that it probably would not work.

I have no idea if he actually believed either version of what we said, I just think it would be more forgivable than it might sound, though still incorrect.

It wasn't adventurism in the formal term, Che by that point would never do something so frivolous after the experience of the Cuban Revolution. It was just not a great plan and didn't have enough support (though it certainly had some) and seemed to favor doing more warfare over the obvious task of nation-building that he absolutely could have continued with back in Cuba, and I think that last part is why it gets called adventurist, because there is a superficial similarity in terms of the vibe.

Juche is definitely not materialist. I support the DPRK having nukes and have the strongest condemnation for anyone suggesting disarmament, but I think it comes down to factors other than materialism that they have maintained the correct approach here.

I usually don't think this about footage from these rallies, but in this one in particular like half of the crowd looks distressed. Maybe it was from some element of social context that isn't obvious.

A huge scandal among the GOP is a benefit and an opportunity, so I don't think voting turned out to be a waste of time at all. Even if voting was all you did, you still helped.

"Do not be preoccupied about the day after the fall of the Islamic Republic" is the most perfect encapsulation of Radio Free Whatever-style agitation.

The party line that is being objected to is that we shouldn't participate, not that nothing will directly transpire from this. You're shadowboxing while insinuating that I am.

That's honestly kind of hilarious. I guess someone was looking to make a career off of getting clout from this and didn't realize how they come off when they just say that that's what they're doing.

I'm not saying don't be an adventurist, I don't give a shit. Read what I quoted, read what you actually said:

Anything that doesn't lead to a direct physical confrontation of some kind is useless.

Can you not see how saying "Don't bother doing anything that does lead to violence or destruction" is absolutely toxic? Go ahead and destroy things, I don't care, but calling all other action useless is reprehensible and more damaging to socialism as a constructive cause than you seem to understand.