Very very plausible. Even if we accept the claim at face value, it just proves that their interests align.

I honestly dont trust it. All from 2 israeli sources and not even like 1-2 years ago Assad was talking about how horrible nazis were and how NATO incorporated them into their network in europe with operation gladio after pretending to be against fascism. I expect this is just another hit job trying to paint anti Zionists as holocaust deniers and nazis. The Israeli media and govt has shown how quick they are to lie about even the most obvious shit, saying things like calendars with days of the week are lists of hamas members and that palestinian school books are in English with dedication pages to terrorists.

Most organizations have flags/symbols, if you’re familiar with the Saudi flag its pretty similar. Imo fatah and PFLP have cooler flags

He should go back to clash of clans and stay outta politics

Animal agriculture is worse for the climate than all transportation combined multiple times over. You talk so arrogantly about something you know nothing about. Transport is 2% ish global emissions animal ag is over 12%.

According to my grandpa, Bernie Sanders is a Maoist.

Few reasons as an American I’d never move to Hawaii-

First, I’d feel like such a dirty settler dude. I know I already am one, but they’re under such direct occupation and so vulnerable. I’d feel the same as moving onto an indigenous reservation.

Second, very vulnerable to natural disasters and when shit goes down they get little federal assistance except to keep the military and corporations going.

Lastly, it’s just expensive as fucking hell, and I am broke and don’t see that changing in the foreseeable future.

Idk anything about whoever Helali is but that FinBol stuff was legit and the screenshots were pretty bad.

That subreddit is basically r/ElizabethWarren so insufferable

This is exactly why US wants things with China to pop off ASAP. They themselves know and cannot deny the decline of their empire, and simultaneously they cannot deny China’s rise. That fact alone guarantees there will be a point that once reached, the US has no shot of taking down China.

Wym world has flipped? There has been a pro-russia sect of the Republican party ever since the USSR fell. A group of US rightists wanting to put the brakes on the Russia proxy war so that they can go full speed into a war with China is not the world flipping.

Honestly ashamed to admit I never knew quite how large DPRK’s military was. I almost feel like the stats I’m reading are off, they say US military has 1.4 million active personnel and DPRK has 1.3 million. By numbers (not funding) they have the fourth largest in the world. On one hand it’s depressing they need to put so much manpower to militarism, but at the same time I understand they were absolutely forced into this and I have massive respect for the everyday solider/vet in DPRK that is willing to risk everything to preserve their sovereignty and socialism.

I am not sure if research quality takes this into account, but I gotta add that the insane degree of conflicts of interest in the US massively taints their pool of research. And in the US it takes zero effort to avoid noting conflicts of interest so even research that looks clean requires deeper digging. For example, some researchers used to get paid a ton of money by big tobacco to create studies where tobacco appears healthy. But as long as that money wasn’t super recent or explicitly for the study they don’t need to disclose it.

Man I wish I could remember that Parenti quote about how the imperialists always say two contradictory things. One second the scary commies are a threat to the entire world and could take over the US, the next they scream about how socialism can’t succeed with anything.

I am so tired of this trope of “good times make weak men”. Just the whole idea that if we dare make things “too good” people become weak. When it’s obvious in reality no country is made stronger with masses homeless, starving, suffering in the climate crisis, etc. It may just be cause I live in a right wing as fuck area but I hear this endlessly in various forms and it gets old so fast.

I agree, I genuinely think if US would have let them join NATO China would have never been able to take the left turn it has since Xi has been in power. US would simply have them surrounded with missiles and they would have total dominance over their economy. The USSR I’d argue was fairly unique in being able to survive in the way it did and with such a degree of self-sufficiency. They had about all they needed- tons of fertile land, endless energy, etc. I don’t think even China or a more advanced India could do this, China needs allies to pose any threat or gain any true independence from the western economic system.

My brain had a party after being on it 3 weeks- had a grand mal seizure and never took that shit again.

The foreign ministry in China is putting out straight heat lately.

I was HYPED when Ben Norton came out saying his media outlet is gonna be hosting Hudson every other week. And thankful he introduced me to Radhika Desai!

Wouldn’t they want this happening when something starts with china? I feel like it would overall be a benefit for the west, specifically after Russia’s doubling down and mobilization. If Russia is at full military capacity when things pop off with china they would totally get involved.