How about Khomenei’s claim of 60-100k people killed by the shah? Ive also heard the 100k number being thrown around. Is it just an exaggeration?

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Have some debatelord telling me the current Iran regime is worse than the shah, saying khomenei also tortured and killed as many people as the shah and and had purges in 1980 and 1988. Actually am not that familiar with these purges (i just knew briefly that they did that to leftists), but wondering how exaggerated they are since all we know about them come from outside iran.

Also seems like the death count of the shah is either 4k or according to khomenei 60-100k?

I am talking more broadly. Like spending time together, going to an event, even just chatting. And Im referring to every type of relationship I have/had: friends, acquaintances, partners

I do think I in the past it was due to me not being the one to initiate ever, so I cant expect anyone to do it with me. But I feel i have made a good effort now and things still seem to be the same.

I feel like in all my relationships, I am always the one that has to be the initiator, and until recently I was never comfortable with initiating. But the last couple years I have been more proactive. However, its getting to the point where Im getting really exhausted of having to always be the one to initiate and it gives me anxiety that if I dont initiate, then nothing happens and I just remain alone. It feels like a huge energy imbalance where I put so much in and get so little out of it

Reddit being so afraid of pro-russia, anti-israel, pro-iran bots overlooks the fact it is already overrun by anti-russia, pro-israel, anti-iran bots

Have one. The thing that dissuades me from anything within STEM is the crazy work hours there. It seems like being a foreign english teacher is more in demand and a better work schedule

Had the crazy idea of becoming an english teacher in China. Im still relatively young, no kids, no partner and the west is just depressing me

Other people here had good comments. Ill just add that this is nothing new “Theory becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses”

I was just watching Trumbo, where Louis CK plays a screenwriter that actually got cancelled. His character was actually struggling to pay bills, couldnt get any gigs and had to get bailed out by Trumbo. Kind of ironic comparing how his character in the movie got cancelled versus his real life cancellation

Its your personal diary

I saw it as a commentary of “what if what we did to Vietnam happened to us” to try to make burger brained people empathize with Vietnamese civilians. Of course this is totally unintentional, and even if it weren’t 100% chance most people would miss that and just see it as a power fantasy of killing non-white people

Yea, and I think that is precisely why a materialism is the best framework for understanding the world (at least as far back as recorded history goes). Despite what people’s ideas are or psychological motivations, the materialist forces, beyond their control, are what drive them to do what they do

They are pulling out of Nvidia to invest more into OpenAI

I dont even get how investors ever fell for his shit. He’s not even particularly a good liar. Every interview I’ve seen of him is him looking extremely nervous and timid, hoping the interviewee bought whatever he said. Back in my day you had to have some charisma and composure to be a successful conman.

Capitalism in its imperialist stage leads directly to the most comprehensive socialisation of production; it, so to speak, drags the capitalists, against their will and consciousness, into some sort of a new social order, a transitional one from complete free competition to complete socialisation.

Kinda ironic that administration wouldve probably been better for OpenAI cause they love bailing out big tech. Meanwhile Trump’s admin is high on their libertarian supply

Oh my days

Thats really sad because Musk didnt innovate shit, just the person who made the most money off of electric cars

The main grievance I have with electoralism is that it is viewed as the goal rather than a means to the goal. I really don’t know if Mamdani will be obstructed to shit and his policies softened to minimize impact to capital. Either way its vital to keep the people who were behind is campaign engaged past the election, so PSL is right on the mark. Participation in class struggle builds class consciousness.

The risk I see is people disengage after the election, and he is obstructed, and then the gutted reforms that pass that do not solve the problems of capitalism are used as criticisms of socialism