nahh

people of money

I’d like to point out that there are “special” people - their capacities for work are larger than their peers’. People are gifted talents in several aspects that can greatly accelerate events and we can acknowledge that without hurting a movement centered on the masses. There are people whose contributions to science, philosophy, industry, arts is unparalleled and progressive. What I think is important to note is that these “geniuses” are not rare, but them reaching their potential is rare, and which I think is what you mention in passing in the first paragraph. They stand on the shoulders of giants (or the shoulders of many normal-sized people?) and their exceptional work or their success is contingent on their capacity to do the work - how many potential geniuses lived and died without even being given a chance at an education? Their contribution should be seen in the context of the society that enabled that contribution, rather than meaningless veneration of them without acknowledging the basis on which they made their contribution.

convincing people to vote for biden by showing them videos of him dapping people up

weren’t they accusing china of doing this

rivaled only by their other Wahhabi neighbors

vibes based analysis. name one “wahhabi” neighbour

If Saudi Arabia is not as bad as the US, it’s not for lack of trying

all that you mentioned the SA doing the US does as well and more successfully, i don’t know why westerners want to do powerscaling with countries. and we’re not picking who the next hegemon will be we’re doing an assessment of what country is the undisputed king of capital that’s responsible for nearly every ailment in the world if you’ve read the op.

wow basically the first woman president now this is progressive

do you think it’s true that they have an interest to underreport the casualties? I know they can’t count because of infrastructure failure, but also from a purely political perspective the logic of showing 2x or in the worst case maybe 5x more casualties might make them unpopular for “launching” this offensive.

i just want you to realize that your outlook on saudi arabia is based on orientalism than any actual marxist criticism, and your standards are hypocritical and myopic

by your own logic you’re here defending america, not a good look sweaty

very westoid response. women can drive in SA and the country (as well as the peninsula) is liberalizing quickly. monarchy or not the saudi people feel like they have more democracy than the americans do because their material needs are met, so how is bourgeois democracy better or worse than a monarchy in our liberal-international system? now that the score is even tell me again what is worse about saudi compared to the most genocidal empire currently on this planet?

what’s worse about saudi arabia

you guys are american???

ah okay. I was thinking of interviewing one of my parents who also lived there but i wanted to see how common it is here on the site. also the interview idea is kinda stupid since there are literal countries out there full of soviet citizens 💀

anyway. i have three questions that you can answer as briefly as you want: I was wondering how having older people in your family grow up there influence(or didn’t lol) your views on the USSR/communism, do you think you gained some information from the familial relation that you wouldn’t have gained otherwise, and have you ever traveled to a former soviet country because of the link?

do you speak russian, if you don’t mind me asking

and who has a better story than hunter the horrible

Joen Guaiden

One thing that states hate to lose is the monopoly on violence. The best way to prevent (overwhelming) violence that will imminently arise in bourgeois states is to scare the larger class into submission or win it over with concessions. Narratives like “knowing” about Oct. 7 can be used to scare people who would otherwise join resistance groups away from doing so. Not so easy to see in this case, but it’s more clear when looking at how certain people cast the CIA and the NSA as all-powerful and all-knowing. Even the detractors of the alphabet agencies sometimes end up reinforcing this narrative. It’s true that they do possess a wide variety of resources, but they are still made up of humans and will never be perfect. My point is that yes it could be used to make someone look malicious or incompetent (by their detractors), but it can also reinforce the “invincibility” or a “precognition” narrative that will be later used to dissuade resistance (by supporters or by detractors).

I think what OP wants to say is that maybe they never suspected a thing or maybe it was brought up as a point in some morning standup meeting in the IOF that the “filthy hamases are plotting something” and everyone ignored it. One thing is clear: the attack was not planned by Israel, and they did not have perfect knowledge of it - and those that repeat that last line are clearly coping.

common in parts of russia as well