I’m not commenting on this specifically but in general: Just as a PSA, we leftists don’t think our intellectual leaders are gods, nor their writings as gospel. Read Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc. but understand that they’re only human and did not have a crystal ball.

They got so many things right but there are some wrong things…

It reminds me about how Zionists at a local college strongarmed the school to serve “Israeli salad” with a giant flag on it at every mealhall and students just don’t eat it and the school just has to throw it in the garbage all the time.

There’s plenty of sticks, like anything that supports Google TV, where you can use piracy software.

Even if it’s only a half-assed attempt at a boycott, it is a positive development as everyone is too cowardly to be the first ones.

What would a “Cuban oligarch” even look like?

What? That pikachu thing? Like Detective Pikachu I think?

Why would Putin accept a ceasefire? He might as well keep pushing until he wins.

What’s this purple cat nonsense?

You’re subject to the conditions of the world/country/city etc that you live in. Don’t believe capitalist propaganda, communism isn’t a vow of poverty. In the US the conditions still aren’t at the level (but things are rapidly moving) of the usefulness of a Vanguard Party but the Empire is punch drunk with multiple major wars lost, a declining economy, and a government increasingly desperate to keep things together through force.

For now, educate yourself and link up with entities that seek relief for what is possible in this poisoned nation.

You cannot vote revolution into power in a liberal system. Full fucking stop.

The most important role that he plays is moving the Overton Window, that alone is much more important than anything he actually achieves. Just him refusing to “recognize Israel as a Jewish state”, claims he doesn’t like capitalism and literally just being Muslim has shifted the narrative over what is permissible in the eyes of normies. And NYC is front and center in the US, this isn’t Hoof Hearted, Kansas.

So I’m willing to say his election is of massive importance, even if what he actually accomplishes is lackluster.

However NYC has a history of politicians becoming independents. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do him dirty, he’ll join the Working Families Party which in NY is an important third party.

Tbf, the Democrats had until June 24th to change their candidate, in theory it’s already over. But we all know how these things are… Mamdani was lucky that polls actually seriously underestimated his support, with reports of many “shy Mamdani voters” skewing results.

I think it’s more likely they’re just going to go all in on supporting Adam’s independent run as the “enlightened centrist”.

The issue is that Western “democracy” is a smokescreen, you’re allowed to criticize it as long as you don’t try to change anything nor condemn it very hard or very publicly.

It’s clear Israel is deadset on the war. Iran might as well get on with it.

During the beginning of the COVID pandemic the USDA calculated what it would cost to give every American citizen with food insecurity a full nutritious diet, it came out to $190 billion a year if utilizing the current SNAP infrastructure or $100 billion if organized and distributed via US National Guard at the state level.

China before communism

So the poorest independent nation on earth at the time?

The People’s Republic of China has deliberately made a decision after its failed invasion of Vietnam in 1979 that they are willing to help broker peace but will no longer intervene in any nations’ business. Sure, we’d like them to be more actively on the good side but China just doesn’t get involved.

You’re not allowed to vote any political system away in any nation, liberal allows you to choose between conservative liberalism or progressive liberalism, but you can’t vote liberalism away, you’re simply not allowed.

PewDiePie (especially at the beginning) started the trend of screaming a lot in his videos, and then kids channels did it to get more engagement and now it’s just become a staple on all of YouTube, look at all content creators and they’re basically always shouting at the top of their lungs.

Several YouTubers like HuskyStarcraft and Jacksepticeye hurt their vocal cords and had to moderate their speaking and lost a ton of viewers, with the former straight up deleting his channel because people seem to not want to watch them without the screaming.

The US sure as hell doesn’t act like a country confident in its ability to lead. The truth is the Founding Genocidal Slaveowners couldn’t have stolen a better piece of land, the US has to look for problems because to the north and south they’re either bordered by peaceful neighbors or fish.

China is not even the USSR (although I wish they were), they’d leave the US alone if Uncle Sam would just stop trying to goad them into senseless fighting.