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How is this even a question? Of course they are. It doesn't necessarily require 'disinformation' - as in, the misreporting of facts, or disseminating ...

No, you made a comparison and then gave weighting to that comparison. Nice backtrack though. More grist for the laughing mill.

Yeah, sure, and this has any bearing on the laughable claim that compared to the US, war as a racket is clearer in the Russian case. Have you lived in...

I was suprised too! But the charts are legit, I checked just in case lol. But Putin bad so who needs reality when ssu can just make shit up.

Lol, no one who has looked at where the proportion of money - the only thing that counts - has flowed can say this without being a complete joke.

https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1505946734345994241 Raytheon CEO: "I think again recognizing we are there to defend democracy and the fact is eve...

https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/03/23/coaltion-donor-whitehaven-coal-governments-donation-ukraine/ I'll say it again: dead Ukranians are good for busin...

I'm a believer in democracy. Would be nice if we had one. In any case even if I were to agree that Western imperialism is, in fact, some way better th...

Doesn't count for much.

Western and Russian imperialism.

"Your choice of supporting neither Himmler nor Goring is in no way morally superior to another choice".

To be fair, not supporting American imperial designs is indeed a line of action, much like not supporting Israeli businesses because Israel is committ...

Also can we talk about how Putin and JK Rowling are allies now? More fun than the baboon.

"If you don't choose between Himmler and Goring then you are a nihilist".

It's wild that this is so hard for people. Had to literally waste an entire page responding to baboon-grade rubbish in leiu of something so basic.

Lol. From "why is everyone calling me a cheerleader", to "you must all be cheerleaders like me".

If it makes you feel better.

I owe you nothing and if you'd like to make this thread about me, maybe post me a letter.

If it makes you feel better.

Your stunted imagination about what counts as choice is not my problem. No I just don't think you're worth my time.

You're the one who equated not flag-waving with 'political nihilism'. You ought to be the target of your own advice.

Fair enough. Take care too.

If I must, not cheering on a bunch of proven murderers and psychopaths is a baseline ideological position of mine. You are of course welcome to do oth...

Ah, yes, your utter inability to put me into your preconceived boxes makes me confused.

Making people who obsess over labels functionally incapacitated.

Sorry that you lack the ability and imagination to engage with politics beyond sucking off state power.

Nah current jam is Beijing electronica https://youtu.be/7UcoOgZTpLg?t=158

Except this outrage - entirely valid - comes packed in an apologia and ideological flag-waving for Western power.

As a basic fact of history, that would be correct, yes.

Mayhaps you are unfamiliar with the liberal economic 'shock therapy' that Russia was subjected to precisely by the West in the wake of the fall of the...

No actually it's pretty clear, a nuclear exchange would be apocalyptic and anyone who thinks it is 'unclear' is a psychopath.

Also should be noted that this utter shit isn't even an ideal - it's what powerful Americans tell stupid Americans so they can continue to pursue thei...

Of course it is. Ideologues don't give a damn, so long as they can marinate in their feel-good fairy tales.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention how the Texas taliban have continue to march up North in their continued efforts to tell women to go to hell, especially i...

Yes we agree. Self-aggrandizing fantasy. That it just so happens to serve as an ideological cover to mass global slaughter is of course, something ign...

Mmm, I realize you are not interested in reality but self-aggrandizing fantasy.

It runs so deep it runs across to the other side of the Earth where it is convenient to them while it murders Yemini children in their sleep.

Man it's always nice to read a Zizek take - he gives form to thoughts that I don't know how to put together well: https://www.project-syndicate.org/on...

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/03/joe-biden-administration-privatization-medicare-health-insurance-direct-contracting-entities Job Biden: The More Effici...

Time to cancel Critical Reality Theory: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOp73XmVUAM8wmA?format=jpg&name=medium

Absolutely this. These people have been reared on underdog stories their whole life and now that they get a real, live one, oooh boy is it exciting an...

https://twitter.com/RFERL/status/1506704053811699715 Mariupol 3(!) days ago. Just a few broken bones. Just a David.

I'm convinced that some people think war is a video game because that is literally the only association they've ever had with it, Ukranians being just...

Imagine using Afghanistan as a country that turned out well after a protracted war. To say nothing of the current American induced famine over there r...

Tens of thousands of dead Ukranians, cities turned to ash = "some broken bones" Jfc

:up:

https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/the-only-agency-ukraine-has-is-the?s=r :smile:

Cautiously, I do not have any a priori, blanket objection to the use of violence. Which is to answer your question directly: I do not think violence i...

The US wants a unipolar world order. It wants a unipolar world order because (1) it's used to it, (2) it's profitable for capitalists who rely on it t...

Lol if you're not flag-waving for one of the two imperial death machines, you are a 'political nihilist'. I actually feel sorry for you. I never cease...