Yes that’s what I mean. The member states were caught in a dilema between autonomy and integration, which was never resolved. In my view the only way this could be resolved is either by giving them complete autonomy with some sort of loose cooperation network. The Warsaw pact system tried to do something inbetween, which, at least when I talked to people who lived during that time, ofted created resentment because they percived the USSR as an overlord. I know it sounds a bit stupid, but that is how people tend to think, because humans are not always rational. The way people like Gorbatchov tried to resolve this was too much in too little time, it created too much instability. I think for the future we should learn from exampled like China for good governance. Please do not misunderstand me, I don’t hate the USSR or anything, but I think it is important to uphold a high standard in self-critique. I would argue that the principles of sovereignty, equality, and mutual respect were not always upheld to a high standard.

What I mean is that generally the working class loved the socialist system, but it got overshadowed by the unresolved contradictions which continued to grow over time, eventually leading to a collapse.

I think it became overly dogmatic in some aspects and too “rigid”. The partnership in the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance became more and more top-down instead of equal, which is in itself a contradiction of internationalist marxist policies that were advocated for. In response to NATO, the system became more of an extension to soviet bureaucracy, which angered many of the working class in the other pact states, because it felt like or “resembled” a system which felt too close to imperialist rulership with peripheral countries. Also, the COMECON failed to achieve economical convergence and rather deepened devolopmental gaps between the member states (for example compare Romania’s economy to GDR and you will see what I mean). Some people also complain about the bureaucracy becoming it’s own class but I think it’s bs, I am not a leftcom. Although I think some were becoming too greedy in the way of wanting to own things a common worker could almost never own. This also stifled resentment.

So, to conclude I would say the Warsaw Pact did not fail because the idea of collective socialist defense was invalid. The threat of NATO was very real. It failed because its actual practice betrayed the very socialist and internationalist principles it claimed to uphold. It became a mechanism for bureaucratic control, masking deepening economic inequalities and national tensions. Its dissolution was the political-military consequence of the broader crisis of a specific, historically-formed model of socialism, one marked by bureaucratic deformation, economic stagnation, and a negation of genuine workers’ democracy and national self-determination. Therefore, its end is seen not as a refutation of Marxism, but as the necessary collapse of a structure that had deviated from core Marxist principles.

psychological warfare is also part of a military doctrine in itself

oh no who could have see this coming

can you not use your intellect to filter out the bias? chefkoch is also owned by axel springer, beware of not getting brainwashed the next time you bake a cake. fuck the axel springer monopoly though, just look up everything that belongs to them, it is insane i agree

i love the hot pot king, he is so cynical sometimes haha

the german media’s manufactured consent is generally insane, there is a very large bubble of online leftists that call themselves “left” and “antifa” but support parties like the spd and greens and left wing neoliberal policies. they treat afd voters like afd party members and just laugh and cancel them for the slightest idiotic thing a common politically illiterate sometimes says. instead of creating unity as a class they ostracise them even more. i dont know how someone can have so little understanding of human nature, that when you give someone hate they will eventually give it back and will only solidify their political opinion.

the enemy are the industrialists, not the workers that are being manipulated by them.

i guess the 40% voting results is for a large part because of the general lack of empathy for one another that this capitalist shit system endorses.

germany is so cooked

the left has more potential votes than the greens this is really interesting and the only thing that gives me hope in this situation.

wtf?

The tweet: https://xcancel.com/AmichaiChikli/status/1998448569255162064

Privateers of the Caribbean

Can they not do anything legally? Does Germany even have sanctions on Cuba? I thought it was just the USA

gotta keep your money in gold bars now to avoid persecution

something about not noticing chains when you dont move?

There are really people in the comments that try to make a “But at what cost?” argument hahaha

I can never really tell if Macron really likes Trump or hates him, they act like best friends when together on camera but talk shit when alone on camera, really confusing

dont worry in the next elections the cdu spd and b90/grüne will just set up another candidate who can lie even better to the population

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some time in the future i definitely will read it though just not right now