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gun, 1 month ago

Russia is the biggest reason the baltics joined.

The Baltic states joined in 2004. Long before Putin was made into a pariah, and Russia was still seen as part of the West and publicly aspiring to join NATO

gun, 2 months ago

57th and 1/2th street

gun, 3 months ago

“Certified nationalist” comes from Al Jazeera. He was a straight up Nazi, and Russia has claimed its goal is denazification after the Nazis killed 40 million of their people in living memory and there are somehow still people there who think Nazi ideas are good, they have no excuse. Who knows the circumstances of how he died, but lets not forget the CIA tried to kill Julian Assange, that’s a confirmed fact about the US empire. The US empire will murder not to protect their people from Nazi thugs but to preserve their tyranny while Russia protects people like Snowden.

gun, 3 months ago

That guy is a spook and a human trafficker

gun, 3 months ago

No way a long list of Western media outfits who also lied about Iraq until we went to war with them are lying again?? That’s Crazy!!

gun, 3 months ago

In the neoliberal thinking of economics, China and the US are both mixed economies. I can entertain this framing for a moment, so tell me, between the US and China, which of these countries is on the more socialist side of the mixed economy paradigm and which is more capitalist? Now look back to China overtaking the US in global trade and dominating the world in manufacturing, while the US regresses into a society that can no longer provide clean drinking water for everyone, with the highest infant mortality rate in the developed world.

Now, within this “mixed economy” paradigm, which side is winning? The capitalist or socialist side? We can haggle definitions all you want, but whether China is a true communist country or a more socialist mixed economy is a meaningless diversion from the objective reality that China’s approach to statecraft is qualitatively different from that of the West and it has thoroughly proven to be superior in the modern age. China’s unique approach to statecraft does not originate with neoliberal thinking, it follows from a combination of China’s historical experience and the theory of Marxism-Leninism; in other words, tankies winning, stay mad

gun, 3 months ago

Yeah but, European social democracy is not self sustaining. Face it, you depend on the USA for everything. Without the USA, you have no LNG, your industry grinds to a halt and Europe freezes. Not to mention military support the USA provides through NATO, which seems to be so essential to maintain Europe’s poise against Russia. And the quality of life in Europe would not be so high without actual slave labor and sweatshops in the third world. “996” (which has already been discontinued years ago) doesn’t sound so bad in comparison.

Talking about fantasy, Europe is a “Shire”. It is a sheltered little play-place for the kiddies to enjoy while the real preconditions of civilization are toiled and fought over with sweat and blood on the horizon. The world in it’s entirety is a dark and shitty place. Just because you think you can forget about it by living in a happy little Nordic utopia does not mean you are not as much complicit in the utter violence outside that makes it possible. Say what you want about a country like North Korea, at least they take full responsibility for what makes a nation from within their own borders. Modern Europe is a parasite, the rest of the world would be better off without them.

It is the social democrats who live in fantasy land, I was actually steelmanning your argument by talking about the USA instead.

gun, 3 months ago

Inclusive for me but not for thee

gun, 3 months ago

The patriarchy harms everyone.

A patriarchy has been around for as long as civilization has, and its most harmful effects have clearly diminished over the past 100 years. This does not explain the issues that young people deal with that their parents and grandparents didn’t.

gun, 3 months ago

No he’s not trying. He’s giving the appearance of trying just in time for 2024. Do you really think Biden is going to take on Blackrock?

gun, 3 months ago

100% of the cells of the 50% of people that die, would die.
100% of the cells of the 50% of people that live, would live.
Overall, 50% of human cells still die

gun, 3 months ago

Learn history or be doomed to repeat it

gun, 4 months ago

Skibidi toilet? Maybe mom and dad were right

gun, 7 months ago

It doesn’t stay in one area when you move houses

gun, 7 months ago

Then there’s me sitting here with one lonely white pillow on my bed cause I lost the other one.

gun, 7 months ago

Labelling NPR as state-affiliated media is pretty based though

gun, 7 months ago

How does bombing residential buildings in Gaza help Israel fight terrorism?

gun, 7 months ago

Yeah, because I’m sure every consumer will read section 4-i of the Amazon prime video terms of service

gun, 7 months ago

No, I think they expected that if they bought an item, they own it now, and none of this “legal license” mumbo jumbo would be relevant

gun, 9 months ago

I take it you sleep on your back or stomach then? I think for people like me who sleep on their side, my neck hurts just from the idea of not using a pillow.

gun, 9 months ago

Exactly. If the justice system were apolitical, the average would be a lot higher and the variance a lot lower. Just the last two presidents before Trump alone are responsible for so many crimes against humanity. I know Chomsky went through every recent president and explained how they all could have been impeached.

gun, 10 months ago

It would be equally as easy to lie either way. Instead of reporting 1000 anonymous upvotes, report 1000 fake upvotes from fake users or users who didn’t actually upvote. Any instance that gets caught abusing the protocol would get blocked pretty quickly though. Even though it’s theoretically possible, I’ve never seen it happen.

gun, 11 months ago

OP is not saying centralization is good, just that it appears to be inevitable even on the fediverse. They suggested this centralization could kill the project altogether. You misread their point.

Smh people downvoting OP because they can't read.

gun, 1 year ago

Respect 💯