I agree. Defeating Russia was their Nat 20.

It seems like destroying Russia was a really ambitious goal. I doubt the empire managers of the US sincerely thought that would happen.

But by instigating a proxy war with Ukrainian bodies they were able to increase domination over their European vassal states, boost the profits of weapon manufacturers, and establish new narrative control mechanisms on the American populace. These were the actual short-sided victories that the US were aiming for, even though in the long-term this will contribute further to the downfall of the empire. But, you know, it’s all about those marginal gainz baby.

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All of these libs wouldn’t even be talking about Palestine if it weren’t for Hamas. The arrogance of their fake-ass pacifism.

Just about every Israeli citizen has been given military training and has been in the IDF at some point. With this knowledge, how in the world should Hamas and the Palestinian people view the Israeli citizenry. They have all directly participated in the apartheid state or are prepared to.

This is not me making a moral judgement. But any rational person that attempts for one second to see this conflict from the point of view of Palestine should come to the same conclusion? How are Palestinians who have been caged for almost two decades and driven to the point of war via desperation supposed to make the distinction between pacifists and dormant soldiers?

Everyone in the West? That’s why John Stewart awarded an Azov member at Disney World right? You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about.

City of Life and Death is a really difficult one too, but also important. WWII from the Chinese perspective.

My first time seeing this. Exactly haha.

The atheist road can either lead someone to Marx or it leads someone to Nietzche.

“Not everyone in the Nazi Party was a Nazi”

These people are nonserious.

The “game” is so infuriating.

There are so many white people in my life that love to talk about minority issues in front of minorities, yet disregard any minority opinion that makes them uncomfortable. It’s a leisurely activity to them that they have no actual stake in.

They play to the myth that the Nazis were socialists. Their base believes it because to them liberals are socialists.

I just spit my drink out

Been there, belive me. Set a hard boundary with him. Tell him you love him and want to preserve your relationship but for that to happen, politics have to be off the table for discussion. A lot of these types also have plenty of opinions rooted in ignorance and they are not even aware that what they say and think is political, racist, sexist. etc. He also needs to trust that when he crosses this line, that he needs to respect if you bow out of discussion or respond appropriately to it. Either he gets the message or doesn’t, and that way the burden is not on you to maintain the relationship. If he doesn’t respect that, it’s on him.

Sucks to have to set that boundary and can feel cold. But it’s better than you harming your mental health by continuing to try and argue with him. You’re never going to radicalize him or change his mind. And if he’s anything like my father, some part of him honestly probably sees antagonizing you as “sport.” There is a huge generational disconnect today and most of these adults above the age of Millenial/GenZ seem to have a fundamental inability to grasp just how high the personal and immediate ramification of capitalism are on our lives. They got theirs and will pass before they ever see the worst of it.

Most of them knew and are backtracking. There is no way an entire parliament was duped into giving a literal Nazi applause. This could likely be a stunt to see if the general public would even notice/care enough to call them out on it.

I wish this was the end result, but this is just a pit stop along the way to further decay into “first-world fascism.”

That’s been true for a while. What do you think those inflated kill counts are for?

Western press is already pulling the “it’s complicated” angle

I came of age at the tail end of the Great Recession. I like to refer to my trajectory as the “Yes We Can --> Fuck Obama” pathway.

I was always a “socialist” since the beginning of becoming politically conscious. And by that, I mean a progressive liberal who still thought the system was reformable. Even canvassed and volunteered for Bernie Sanders a few times.

Worked shit jobs my whole life. Finally worked my way into some good opportunities but lost all of them from the 2020 COVID shutdown (and thus my hopes of ever purchasing a house). Also, participating heavily in BLM actions the same year, and witnessing both parties scapegoat minorities and leftists for the US’s economic woes pushed me to be more disciplined in reading theory and developing a material analysis of politics.