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If you can provide $3k checks for the entire middle class of America by taxing 900 people a little more, not only should you do it, but you should take it as a signal that your monetary system is broken

tangentially, the socialist government of chile almost invented the internet in the 70s and had a whole control room before Allende got ousted for Pinochet. it was called "project Cybersyn," really fascinating.

someone being super into military shooters has always been a red flag for me so i am slurping on a big cup of confirmation bias.

if "dick measuring contest with russia" satisfies you, then alright. my position is that america has always had a stake in making sure left wing governments never succeed (see: vietnam.) Thatcher famously said "there is no alternative" [to capitalism.] it's not machiavellian, it's just logic.

idk man, i think explaining 75% of US foreign policy as "fighting russia" without thinking about it any deeper doesn't get us very far.

aw come on man, this went on for SEVENTY years! people died! it's not easy to infiltrate a foreign country and kill someone or rig an election or train an armed resistance to overthrow a government. it takes planning! it wasn't an accident! think deeper. thousands of people worked on this stuff.

Oh ok, well clarify for me what your point is? Because I think since WW2 america has had a very very strong interest in making sure people see capitalism as the only viable form of government so it expends immense resources on sabotaging democratic left wing governments. What do you think?

I’m not sure how we can blame simple stupidity for dozens of assassinations and coups.

Look you’ll get not argument from me about the corporate people thing and citizens united. It’s atrocious. I don’t think that alone explains 70 years of American meddling in southern American elections though.

I mean, it’s not really possible for me to argue with your personal emotional responses. But I think you have been subjected to the same propaganda as all westerners and it paints a very grim but inaccurate picture of communism. Fallout made a whole game series about it lol.

That’s correct. Though I think it’s worth asking why the US would bother spending 70 years overthrowing mostly democratically elected governments. Like in 2026 why do we have an embargo on Cuba?

Fair, I suppose. I’m just pointing out specifically that communism and the cultural idea of “collectivism” like in Japan are not the same thing.

Look if you’re interested in having a real conversation, I think I’ve been pretty even-handed. Not a fan of being called a brick wall though. I’ve attached a map that I find interesting. I think it’s worth remembering that almost everything westerners hear about communism is propaganda.

Yeah I’m saying you’re connecting two things that aren’t explicitly connected.

Stalinism and communism are not the same thing. Stalin was one (not very good) person. I don’t think arguing with communists about communism is going to go well.

There’s nothing within communism that affects self expression or individuality. You’re making a leap of logic about “collectivism” as a cultural philosophy. Also Japan is capitalist so I’m not sure how that even applies.

i've heard people say and interpret "stateless" to mean a few things, sometimes meaning no police (state enforcement) or sometimes meaning no borders between states. it's definitely confusing but I've never heard it to me there is no state apparatus at all.

that's fair, but it has nothing to do with individuality....

i mean this kindly: you seem to have some incorrect assumptions about what communism is and what art decade is saying. we get fed a lot of bullshit about it in north america/europe and actually doing a bit of reading on the topic makes it a lot more digestible and less scary.

You’re so crazy and unpredictable, diva

horizon forbidden west features a boss fight against a robotic lesbian art historian from space and, bitch, if that isn't a diversity win, i don't know what is

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