“I hope we escalate tensions further.” Most self-aware USonian.
“I hope we escalate tensions further.” Most self-aware USonian.
Thank you, this was very through and insightful. I see now that I was being a little flippant in my failure to distinguish between absolute poverty and relative poverty. I didn’t account for the parameters “yanks” operate within and how that affects their decision making. Sometimes it’s hard to read your own reflection.
“The construction of fortifications was initially delayed because the presidential administration believed Ukraine would recapture a lot more territory in 2023, said Razumkov. Once the Ukrainian counteroffensive failed, in November that year, there were further delays due to lack of co-ordination and some instances of corruption, he added.”
NATO really staked the whole outcome on that counteroffensive and won’t throw in the towel now that it didn’t pan out. There really are no brakes on this train.
I think that the “bias” thing has more to do with relation to the involved parties or the incident itself, not some general predisposition.
Thank you so much, very clarifying.
Maybe don’t insult people right before recommending literature?
Thanks for the link, I’ll read from the beginning per your advice.
Fair enough, that makes sense.
They don’t have much choice, do they? If we’re just saying that the actions of first-world workers are necessary in perpetuating capitalism and imperialism, then yes, that’s clearly true. But does that equal complicity? When I hear someoen is “complicit,” I think of them as an “accomplice.” Should I not?
Can you really be coerced into complicity, though? Complicity implies that a person could have made a different choice.
Absolutely fucking sickening. Xi launch the nukes my people yearn for freedom.
“Guys what if ww2 happened again but THIS time we definitely beat the stupid commies once and for all?”
I thought he pardoned Hunter for buying a gun as a crack addict. Surely that wasn’t on the laptop.
I’m sorry, are you saying that I’m “inflexible” because I didn’t immediately agree with your casual analysis? If you’re so convinced you’re right, make an argument.
And yes, I do agree that not being a communist is liable to make someone not be a communist. Water is wet, too.
I have a feeling this figured will be surreptitiously laundered into Stalin’s body count. I mean it’s in Ukraine…
the country-ball weirdos are prime fodder for some unspeakable atrocities
At this point, I brace anytime the “editorial board” of WaPo, The Economist, NYT, etc feels the need to tell us their “opinions.”
Peak juxtaposition
Breaking ownership of private enterprise into a thousand pieces does nothing to subvert the perverse incentives of the market system it already exists within. Workers in co-ops will prioritize profit in the same way the board of trustees would in a traditional corporation. If you’re looking for a way to solve systemic problems and dislodge social habits, this is not it. It’s a reform, and not even an especially good one.
“You are the victim of a con - one so pernicious that you’ve likely tuned it out despite the fact that it’s part of almost every part of your daily life… It pokes and prods and twists millions of little parts of your life, and it’s everywhere, so you have to ignore it, because complaining about it feels futile, like complaining about the weather.”
Fucking preach. I know this is about tech enshittification but there is perhaps no more succinct summary of life under capitalism.