Addfwyn @ Addfwyn @lemmygrad.ml

Marxist-Leninist. Tankie. Based in the imperial vassal state of Japan.

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I have my issues with Galloway here and there, some are larger than others, but there is no doubt in my mind that he is on the right on the Palestine issue. Man has a track record there that is consistent for basically his entire career.

Most of the time I agree with him on geopolitics and not remotely on social issues, but critical support where it is due.

I just put an order in for my new BYD recently. It takes a while to pass all the pre-purchase inspections and stuff in my country, but hopefully should be ready within the next month or so.

The test drive was really nice, one of the nicest cars I have driven (admittedly not many), has a bunch of interior bells and whisltes, and is remarkably affordable. I've heard nothing but positive reviews from people who have driven one here, which is surprising to me as people are often pretty nationalistic about their car brands in Japan.

I don't like Carlson at all, he is no better than any other liberal when it comes to the rampant sinophobia, he just happens to be more reasonable on one specific issue. On the other hand he didn't really say a whole lot, and brought a large audience in to see it. His presence was basically a nonfactor, outside the spy advocacy there at the end.

I don't think the interview was groundbreaking for anyone with a rudimentary undertanding of russian history and geopolitics, but that is probably a very small percentage of the USian audience. So in that sense, it was valuable. Though I wonder how many people actually listened and how many people just go "No, Putin must actually want more land". Most of us here probably didn't hear anything that was particularly new whatsoever.

You going to the block party to celebrate the end of the vibecession!? I heard there is going to be eggs!

People like my family when I was growing up. We weren't filthy capitalist rich, but with my parents both being in medical we were well off enough that I didn't have a great grasp of cost vs spending power. Always had a well-stocked pantry of name-brand shit. Functionally we were aware when there was a price hike in X good, and might even comment on it, but it absolutely never affected what we bought. The bill was just higher. We would probably be excited about something like gas prices coming down but it ultimately didn't actually mean anything to us.

I couldn't possibly keep that lifestyle now (nor do I want to). I do reasonably well enough, but not to the extent that I can ignore the cost of things like food, and am always trying to save where I can, especially on food costs.

Agreed, it is absolutely my favourite way to travel, especially long distance. Air travel is such a hassle comparatively.
Something about the way trains rock puts me right to sleep too, and I struggle to sleep in a bed normally.

I use it for some of my other more mundane interests still (music and cooking stuff predominantly), but not politics. Trying to be a leftist on twitter is a special kind of futile. I don't actually post much of anything on it, but there are some good recipe and music resources I keep an eye on from time to time, it remains decent for that.

Anti-democracy disney villain authoritarianism is when leaders are held to account for their actions. This goes against Freedom^tm !

In a long parade of terrible leaders, Yoon is perhaps the worst president the ROK has had, so I am not overly surprised by him making statements like this. He has based his presidency on being very anti-DPRK (and anti-women and anti-labour, tangentially).

I still have even odds on Yoon arranging the attempted assassination of his rival yesterday. He just failed to arrest him over some trumped up political charges.

Well obviously if you are principled social democrat you are above such things and must live in squalor for your dedication to your morally superior philosophy. Unlike those sellout communists.

When I tried it, it was also carbonated. Like a fizzy yoghurt drink.
Quite nice actually.

I have become so used to capitalism that I briefly thought Russia+ was some new streaming platform. Which probably seems more likely than this, sadly.

I don't want to say that there was a respect of US military power, I think a lot of states knew better than that, but maybe a healthy caution remained even after the US's repeated military blunders. I think those two conflicts in particular have evaporated what caution remained. At this point ,what is the US really going to do to DPRK? They can't sanction them anymore than they already are.

The US can't really hide behind the threat of being the world's most effective military force anymore, because they simply aren't. They're just the most expensive one.

Russia isn't communist (and seems to be doing just fine regardless), China has an outstanding quality of life and is arguably one of the best places to live in the world, and I quite enjoyed my time in the DPRK. Many of the issues the DPRK suffers is because of sanctions placed on them, not their own government.

You are missing a few horrible rote generalizations. Would you like to say something about Cuban supermarkets to get the full experience?

wear Palestinian clothing (whatever that is).

I would guess they are specifically referencing palestinian-designed keffiyeh with that one. Which has been banned in some places, I think Berlin specifically banned them in schools? Not a general ban in public though, at least not yet.

That is...an interesting array of products.

I have seen a few cases of people arguing that Gaza isn't a genocide because look at REAL genocides like in Xinjiang.

I have no idea how somebody can be so intellectually dishonest to themselves that they think the murder of innocent civilians documents in thousands of photographs and videos is less legitimate than the supposed "genocide" in Xinjiang without a single piece of evidence.

"Who could have known that Ukraine was so corrupt!? If only they were as brave and hardworking as us western Europeans, Russia would have surrendered already"

I never did until I hit my mid-30s, now almost all my favourite foods cause it.

I mean, it doesn't stop me still of course.

If it were up to me, I would functionally laugh at the US . The audacity of the US to ban China from the ISS and then turn around to beg for a favour when China outdoes them (yet again).

This is, admittedly, one of many reasons I am not a head of state.

I could definitely see China being the bigger man here honestly, but they should also be able to leverage it into getting something in return. If they can get something worthwhile, I could see them allowing it. At the very least, they should lift the formal billateral prohibition.