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I loved Michelle Obama's comment that was something like "who knows, might just be one of those black jobs". :rofl:

And as later became clear it only describes the trajectory of Western capitalism.

Yes, that's precisely the difference between you and me, I stop reading when it contradicts evidence, you stop reading when it contradicts your dumb i...

I saw they uncritically copied a meme despite overwhelming evidence everybody wanted Shokin gone irrespective of whatever Burisma investigation that m...

A socialist world wouldn't try to weaponise viruses for profit. It wouldn't have a shortage in PPE because getting your dick up wouldn't be favoured o...

This is also funny.

:rofl: sure buddy. Keep telling yourself that. I suppose a high level of delusion is necessary to be a Trump supporter.

and she's still wrong for the reasons and arguments I gave you that you never engaged. And you're doing the same spiel again, by offering someone else...

If we all would still be living the tribal life, we wouldn't be in overshoot. It's not too many people, it's too many people doing the wrong things. P...

That's been the case for years and increasing due to the fact only extremist Jews are into the settler business. They think they have divine dispensat...

If the Palestinians organise, then they are bombed to smithereens. Palestinians in the West Bank are terrorists too. Just listen to Netanyahu "condemn...

please share a link. :smile:

Most people already are in slave labour but you wouldn't know with the myopic worldview you have. The above is just dumb unsubstantiated conservative ...

NS1 was in use. NS2 wasn't. I call bullshit because it's too convenient to have all these details become available within 24 hours of it becoming defi...

Both have as their root cause profit seeking. For instance, it would be sufficient if the Netherlands would produce what we needed. Instead we produce...

Conjecture a day after publication of facts? Call me sceptical but I would disregard it out of hand.

Any process that creates power vacuums are in danger of being co-opted by undemocratic forces. The other side of that coin, is it could work the other...

OK, it's all about you in which case I don't really care.

The best system to avoid concentration of power is democracy. So we should abolish autocratic systems of governance in every area of human life, inclu...

"it's not philosophical and it's not scientific" as if the Politea was. These are nonsense complaints. The vision of Marx was about how to arrive at w...

The US electorate has an attention span of about two weeks. It's too far off. Just a few weeks ago it was a shoe in for Donald Trump after he got shot...

I meant civil claims. Or do you think Gasunie, Engie, BASF and E.ON wil not be concerned with losing their investments? The standard of proof is also ...

It does matter. First off, Nordstream is a company owned by five energy companies, including Gazprom (51%) but the others were European. Classifying i...

Still doesn't answer which country was behind it. Makes Ukraine likely but would it do it without conferring with the US? Or is this still a non-state...

@"ssu"@"SophistiCat" there's an international arrest warrant out for a Ukrainian for the Nordstream sabotage. Edit: correction, a European arrest warr...

Weird and pathetic. Sounds good.

In other words, there are more roads that will lead to "communism", in this case the Mir as the fulcrum for social regeneration. EDIT: Capital was ver...

We see in societies that don't have a rich history of welfare a relatively sharp decline of the middle class. The UK sees a cost of living crisis. The...

Which Marx relinquished in any case in his later life so this misses the point.

It aged very well actually. You should read up on his ideas on technological and geographical displacement (to the perifere) as well as displacement i...

This could also be of interest: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1881/ethnographical-notebooks/ A summary: https://marcellomusto.org/marxs-...

To add: Netanyahu is attempting to position Israel as the vanguard of Western civilization in the fight against "barbarism," with the implicit message...

I do feel a weight, yes. I believe in politics of responsibility, which I've set out before here: Politics of Responsibility It gets a lot of conserva...

A judgment and no argument. What is "bad faith" here? If a system that calls itself communism does not even feature the most basic point of Marx, that...

Media has already forgotten it. Just look at this thread. The wheels of justice turn slowly and at least e have a few court cases to look forward to.

answer my question.

If you had read Marx, you'd know it's not a fallacy. Once again, where's the common ownership of the means production in the systems you claim are com...

Yes I hope for a real communist. But to understand what I mean, you need to read Marx, which you haven't, which is why you point to China. Lol.

More proof you lied you didn't read Marx. The US calls itself a democracy and has democratic principles in its constitution. Oops.

Yes, I'm sure in your warped world this is the case. Never mind labour associations, EH&S regulations and labour laws that labour associations fought ...

Yes, we haven't seen communism yet. Except for before industrialisation.

The fact that you equate communism with what Marx wrote is proof you haven't read his books. Thank you for playing. Goodbye liar.

The dumb answer for idiots who can't read or think for themselves and just parrot what everybody around them repeats.

Read Marx' Capital, Piketty's Capitalism in the 21st century and his Capitalism and Ideology and get back to me when you've got some good arguments ag...

Development in polling numbers look positive.

We can only hope she's a communist.

That's quite easy yet barely anyone is prepared to do it.

Old news: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/11/israel-opt-horrifying-cases-of-torture-and-degrading-treatment-of-palestinian-detainees-amid-...

@"Mikie" @"180 Proof" What's Trump's stance actually on the state level book bans in Utah, Tennessee, Idaho, and South Carolina? I love how the US sim...