Yep. It is almost impossible to exist peacefully here unless you make at least twice as much as the average working person and happen to be born white.

Not only that. Companies are now charging people extra for using cards, passing on their processing fees to consumers.

No lie though, escargot wasn’t bad when I tried it. Like a grassy oyster.

It straight up baffles me that there are some notable Black communists in the US that actually support this opportunist.

It would not be shocking in the slightest if West ended up being on CIA payroll to draw attention away from the actual socialist candidates running on the PSL ticket.

Our activism predictably has very little effect on the decisions of our imperialist leaders.

What our activism has done is shatter the narrative that upholds peoples’ allegiance to empire. Moreso than any other time in my life has an event created more communists and anarchists out of Western liberals. That isn’t really going to help the people of Gaza in this moment, sure, but imperialist days are definitely numbered now.

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.

Russia literally tried lmao.

Liberals and being historically illiterate. Name a more common duo.

I feel you. Maybe I’m too biased because, without doxing myself, I live in a pretty radical area where that can and does happen. Not enough, but it’s happening more often. But again, huge structural barriers and heavy repression by the state is a large reason why it doesn’t happen more. It’s not that people don’t care. People are pissed but they’re also terrified and have too much to lose. Job, families, healthcare, etc. In ATL people are being charged with 35 years in prison for simply handing out flyers. We can’t ignore just how much coercion there is from multiple angles keeping the people immobile.

Not only that, but the generation that has been the dominant foece in politics for over half a century is literally in their hospice years. The current younger generations are the most explicitly anticapitalist generations in our history. There’s tons of learning to do, but it’s gonna take a little time to overcome the decades of McCarthyism.

If it helps, I have had the same conversation in my head and have also heavily considered my exit plan. Anything can happen, but it will eventually be clear whether the left has any hope of challenging the resurfaced wave of white nationalism within US politics.

There is a lot more hope for leftism in America than other imperialist countries. The culture that is projected is reactionary af and there is obviously still a lot of liberal propaganda embedded in people’s heads, but that is changing.

I understand the frustration and contempt people outside of this country have for Americans, I do. But the right wing does not enjoy mass popular support. The conservative politics of the US, especially in red states, is not just an indication of what a minority of Americans endorse, but an indication of how repressed the majority of Americans are.

There will be nothing good that comes from wanting to see working Americans suffer more than we are (and we are). The people here are not hopeless. There are a lot of barriers here that are put in place structurally that is not reflective of where most people’s hearts are.

You can find plenty of communist criticisms of Stalin. They appear on this forum from time to time.

Maybe try engaging earnestly and give specifics. You may get even more context from us that might change your view. Or, hell, we might even agree with you. Stalin did good things. He also did some shit things.

Instead, you’re relying off of the Stalin boogeyman myth that even the US government has admitted is false.

Fascism requires an enemy.