rando895 @ rando895 @lemmygrad.ml

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When you consider Purchasing power, Russia is fourth.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true&year_high_desc=true

Where are you getting this information? Anything I've heard , even from fairly typical western sources, say Ukraine is not doing great and that Russia (given that it's the world's 4th largest economy) is clearly the victor.

It absolutely sucks that Ukraine was invaded. But this is what happens with war. The alternative is to continue dying, as they really don't stand a chance with the Milk toast support from the west.

I hope they have a reasonable counter offer so that the innocent civilians can stop suffering, or they accept defeat.

I for one think we should continue with the way things are. Obviously the people who own companies like Tesla and Amazon are better than us. We should be happy to have a job tbh. Seriously, why would I want to be burdened with decisions like whether or not I get healthcare, or whether or not food and education is accessible. We are better off letting the market decide. If education was so important, wouldn't the market find a way to make money off of it?

It's good when you can see the bias buddy. Because there always is one. If they present themselves as unbiased, well they are biased but they're hiding it.

I wouldn't mind either for those in power tbh. Though I think in some cases we should at least give the American dictators a chance to be re-educated and become productive members of society.

I think if you focus on your friends, neighbours, hobbies, etc. You can find peace within the enshittification. But I think it's a bad idea to ignore the shit. Get mad about it. You should be mad. It's bullshit. But what then? We can wallow in the shit by ourselves, or we can find groups of people with similar interests. Who knows what happens after.

And by similar interests I mean this as an example: Are you pissed about genocide? Good! You should be! Others are too. Find them, and do something about it. You'll build relationships that will at least help carry you through the shit.

NP

A fact is something that happens. If you read "theory" as "model" it makes more sense.

So evolution occurs. Our model of it is crap. Gravity exists. But Newtons model of gravity only works for human things approximately human size and speed. When it gets too big and fast we need Einstein's model (general relativity) to explain things, if it gets too small we need quantum gravity.

Or put differently: it is a fact that I wrote these words. If you tried to describe my words with a theory/model, and it predicted which words I would write next, then you have a decent theory/model.

I hope this helps

In terms of ROI this is genius

According to this community absolutely yes, but no in reality.

Just as an aside to add a fact to your statement: Marxism is a process that has been used to critique capitalism, as anyone who is intellectually honest should do. For example: if someone says "socialism doesn't work " someone who is a Marxist might ask "okay, historically is this true?" And they would see that several socialist experiments have struggled. Then, as anyone who cares to understand would ask, they might say "okay then what happened to cause this?". And in many cases you will see that Western Imperialism has sought to destroy these movements through various methods including assassinations, and funding groups like the Mujahideen.

Damn. Well, then someone left might say 'well that's Capitalisms fault". At which point it might be justified to call them a tankie. Someone else might conclude" hmm, Capitalist states do not want socialist states to succeed, therefore a socialist state should expect aggressive action from capitalist states. Thus, ONE of the problems with past socialist experiments has been their inability to withstand these external threats." Someone who doesn't critique anything might say "SEE COMMUNISM NEVER WORKS!"

TLDR; One of the key aspects of Marxism/Socialism/Communism is the criticism of past, current, and future political economic systems (capitalism, feudalism, socialism etc). Anyone who ignores this hasn't read much, and should consider whether what they are consuming is state propaganda.

Good parents teaching their kids what happens when you tell the truth to authority.

Buddy here doesn't understand that you can support democracy for the workers without simping for some socialist project. Nor can he comprehend that criticism of political economies leads to a better understanding of things .

The liberal mindset of us vs them, as if there are two teams. Though to be fair this is partially true. It is us, the workers of the world, versus them, those who own and control the world. Solidarity among us who must work to survive is the only way to liberate ourselves from those who seek only power and profit.

Criticise every project, and your own beliefs. Learn from the mistakes you and others have made. And act with compassion.

Or regurgitate western propaganda what do I know.

Absolutely right! I cannot believe that the US government tried a colour revolution against the Chinese people. We can't tolerate a foreign people defending themselves against aggressors, but we can tolerate aggression as long as it comes from the west? Hypocrisy

Ohh good. I was wondering when the US would realize simply surrounding China with military bases wouldn't be enough.

I don't know why I find this so funny. Like, human rights abuses are awful. It's probably hitting me right in what remains of my learned western superiority complex.

Thanks for this reply, definitely giving me things to think about that I never would have thought to ask.

I would be concerned with both sensitive data leaving, and an infection being brought onto it during a file transfer.

Again, I appreciate you, and this all makes a lot of sense.

As someone of Irish descent, I'm so happy I'm considered white now.

Beautiful! The same tactics women used to get the right to vote.

I believe that it states somewhere that it was a case study or a proof of concept. Which is a common approach to interventions (medical or otherwise) that are difficult, expensive, and time consuming. If you can find a way to get it to work then maybe it's worth expanding and finding more efficient/effective ways of implementing the intervention.