Criticize Mamdani for bad takes all you want there’s plenty of that. But by that logic Bolsheviks were Tsarists (they had openly tsarist bureaucrats in their administration). You’re just reaching for any confirmation of your pre-held belief.
That’s what a lack of dialectical materialism does to a mf.
China went from $2 to $16 in 30 years. Meanwhile India went from $2 to $4 in the same period of time.
It never ceases to amaze me how stark the difference is between India and China, given that they started from pretty much the same place.
It’s actually a very important point that many western observers of China don’t get: what is called “private company” in the west and in China are not, in fact, the same thing. For one, private companies outside China don’t have mandatory communist cells embedded in them.
That then leads people to see some statistics like share of “private” companies in chinese economy and conclude they’re doing capitalism like the good old Europe.
Yep, all those “bring manufacturing/refining back to America” initiatives are effectively just handouts to few well connected capitalists. Everyone will forget about them in a year or two, but the money will stay in their pockets (see the Biden Infrastructure Bill).
Oh no, China is building a wind farm near this impoverished village in Laos! The horror!
Yeah, Von Der Leyer or Baerbock (now the president of UN General Assembly) would be a much better pick.
Also an honorable mention is deserved for Kaja Kallas representing the Baltics.
Capitalists were hiring goons to protect their private property, and at some point they realized they could get the state to subsidize that expense and sell it as “public safety”.
Liberal Democratic Party
Yay, more status quo. But with a female face!
Thankfully, US government relies on (1) private companies and (2) Chinese components/minerals for missile production. Not the smartest arrangement I’ve ever seen.
Why solve problems when you can profit from them instead.
Technically not a book but a podcast, but I find it a great resource on the subject: https://rss.com/podcasts/sovietpod/
Can’t blame the man for liking potatoes, they’re delicious, especially fried!
I mean, do you think Trump, Bush(es), Clinton, Reagan, Kennedy or Nixon wouldn’t own slaves
Clintons technically did. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2017/06/the-clintons-had-slaves
Digital decolonization is a necessity in today’s world. Glad to see Africa take a big step toward it.
Transcript of the video:
Elbit Systems is an Israeli company which collaborates in the murder of Palestinians. There is no place in Poland for such things. Israel murders defenseless Palestinian civilians. No place for such cooperation in Poland. It’s like cooperating with Nazi Germany. Warsaw remembers what is genocide; and you come here and represent what?
And what do you represent?
I represent people who care about defenseless people.
Ooh? And what happened of October 7th? Who was kidnapping who? Why don’t they give back those people [the hostages]?
Israel murders, Elbit Systems collaborates.
[Soldiers “politely” ushering the protestors away]
[Protesters start chanting “Free, free Palestine” in English]
[After a cut]
Here are his parents being proud as fuck: http://xhslink.com/m/6M2dCTVJMy6
It’s a bubble and if it’s gonna pop it will destroy the economy, THEREFORE you have to bail me out!