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  • General Discussion Thread - Juche 115, Week 6

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  • That's great, I'm glad it's going well for you! I've also been teaching myself Spanish and have been really enjoying the process of learning it.

    I agree that it helps a lot to immerse yourself in the language. So in addition to Duolingo lessons daily, I've been reading news websites completely in Spanish (TeleSur in particular), reading short stories on https://www.fluentwithstories.com/, and have a browser extension called Toucan that changes many of the words on webpages into Spanish.

  • Does anyone else feel the same way?

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  • Definitely. I'm not sure who to attribute this quote to, but I've heard it said a few times that "cooking is more like an art, baking is more of a science."

  • Why does Baltic countries are so pro-western/anti-communist?

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  • Chinese Characteristics of Socialism: Civilisational Factors in CPC Governance

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  • What are your best methods for recharging

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  • What are your best methods for recharging

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  • I listen to podcasts or YT videos while playing a simple flash game called Bubble Spinner. Because the game doesn't require any real thinking, it actually helps me to focus on what I'm listening to.

  • YouTube has lost their fucking minds

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  • Who runs Brave? And if anyone has a suggestion for a better browser please let me know. Genuinely asking, thank you.

  • YouTube has lost their fucking minds

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    • I use Brave browser, and it automatically blocks ads without the need to even have U-block Origin or other plug-ins
    • PocketTube (https://pockettube.io/) is a nice extension for organizing channels - that way you can keep an eye on new videos from channels you actually care about, and ignore whatever propaganda crap the algorithm is trying to throw at you
    • YT search is indeed awful, you're better off using the web search engine of your choice and sorting by videos
    • I would love to stop using YT altogether, but as of right now there aren't any alternatives that are comparable in scope - Tankie Tube is cool, but it doesn't have uploads of all the channels I follow, so still have to use YT

  • Any recommendations regarding Imperialism definitions?

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  • I'd like to ask for resources concerning the development of imperialism.

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  • General Discussion Thread - Juche 115, Week 2 - Venezuela Solidarity Edition

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  • In my opinion, Drop Site News has some issues: they have a noticeable anti-Russia and anti-China bias, and they shill pretty hard for the U.S. socdem/demsoc politicians (Ryan Grim in particular seems obsessed with defending Graham Platner). That said, they do some great reporting on Palestine, and their Drop Site Daily newsletters can be useful for an overview of what's happening broadly.

  • General Discussion Thread - Juche 115, Week 2 - Venezuela Solidarity Edition

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  • I do the same as you, check the bourgeois headlines and read them critically. There are also some email newsletters I subscribe to, such as Monthly Review's mronline.org, consortiumnews.com, and Friends of Socialist China (socialistchina.org). For Palestine, my go-to source is Electronic Intifada electronicintifada.net.

    Then for analysis of the news, Ben Norton's Geopolitical Economy Report is great (though it can get repetitive if you watch every video, as he tends to go over the same information). Danny Haiphong does some good interviews, though they can be kind of hit or miss depending on who the guest is - same with India & Global Left. And of course Lemmygrad.

    Edit: links were wonky so had to adjust them

  • World News @lemmygrad.ml
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    Report Out from on the Ground in Venezuela on the Day Trump Kidnaps Maduro with Chris Gilbert -- Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live

  • [Ventpost on Torkil Lauesen] Always check the author's views on the USSR and Stalin before you read them.

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  • That wouldn't make sense though, as the book was just published in November 2024, and Hakim has been a communist for many years.

  • Communism @lemmygrad.ml
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    Breaking the Bonds of Fate: Epicurus, Marx, and the Struggle Against Determinism in an Age of Imperial Decline

    weaponizedinformation.wordpress.com /2025/12/21/breaking-the-bonds-of-fate-epicurus-marx-and-the-struggle-against-determinism-in-an-age-of-imperial-decline/
  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml
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    Anti-Imperialism in a Multipolar World: Lessons from V.I. Lenin and M.N. Roy (w/ Pranay Somayajula) -- International Solidarity Podcast

  • Russia: "Left Front" leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to six years in prison

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  • It looks to me like the western press is reporting this as bad news because it fits their "Putin = dictator" narrative. Every article I'm seeing goes something like "anti-Putin activist jailed, says charges against him are fabricated," etc.

  • for the comrades in the autistic spectrum, how did you find out?

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  • Growing up, I struggled greatly with making and keeping friends, and was also targeted mercilessly by bullies; so I spent most of my time alone, reading books mostly. I never understood why everyone at school hated me, or at the very least seemed to think I was super weird and avoided me, a painful pattern that persisted into adulthood and the workplace. There just seems to be something about me that neurotypicals find off-putting; my best guess is it's some combination of my inability to make eye contact and my communication style, which is very honest and straightforward.

    There were other aspects of autism I had also been struggling with my whole life as well. Before I realized I had autism, I just thought I was weird or something; people would often tell me I was "too sensitive" and needed to just "get over" these issues. These are just a few examples.

    • I have sensory sensitivities and get overstimulated easily (noises and the feeling of clothing on my body are my two main struggles).
    • Verbal directions are usually very difficult for me for me to process (this was a big problem for me at work), though if I'm given the same information in written form I rarely have issues because I'm hyperlexic.
    • Similar to above, I literally can't understand what people are saying if more than one person is talking at once or if there is background noise like a TV.
    • Facial blindness is a real struggle for me (meaning, I can't recognize most people based on their faces, with the exception of people like my partner who I've known for over ten years). So when people post memes with a picture of some famous person, and understanding the joke depends on recognizing that person, the joke is almost always lost on me.

    About a decade ago, when I was in my early twenties, I was searching the internet for what felt like the millionth time to try and figure out what was "wrong" with me. That's when I found an infographic detailing common traits of autism and how they often present differently in AFAB people compared to what researchers or professionals are expecting, because the vast majority of autism research focused on AMAB subjects. As an AFAB person, most of that infographic deeply resonated with me, and it prompted me to start researching autism. The more I learned, the more it seemed to fit; I finally had an answer for why I had always felt so different and alone. Then, about two or three years ago, I went for psychological testing and received my formal diagnosis of autism.

    I do want to mention though, that you don't necessarily need an official diagnosis. It's a personal decision, and will be different for everyone depending on their circumstances. It can be prohibitively expensive to pursue, especially without insurance, and in some cases it may not even provide any meaningful benefit. It's still possible to seek help from a therapist or psychologist to address issues relating to autism without the diagnosis. I decided to do it because I'm on disability and wanted to have that documentation.

    Also, I think it's worth mentioning that being autistic can have positive aspects as well (though personally, I don't care for the "superpower" cliche that some people use). For example, I can hyperfocus on topics I'm interested in for extended periods of time (very useful for studying theory), can process a lot of written information quite easily, and am great at research projects. Of course both the positive and negative aspects will look different for each individual person though.

  • Survived a Trot cult and want to start fresh

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    3 dead, 6 injured in attack in Taipei

    english.news.cn /20251219/7a9906c34d6d4cdcbcc9a1378dcfe4e1/c.html

  • General Discussion Thread - Juche 114, Week 51

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  • General Discussion Thread - Juche 114, Week 51

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  • Yeah I feel that way sometimes too. The western liberal status quo can be really frustrating, especially their stubborn resistance to new perspectives. Arrogance about having ML views probably feels better than that frustration.

    When I notice arrogance in myself, I try to remember that everyone has to start somewhere - that there was a time before I became an ML, when I was an ignorant radlib westerner lost in a sea of propaganda. It's humbling (even somewhat embarrassing in hindsight), and it helps me to be a more effective educator when I can have empathy and understand where people are at. Not trying to give any unsolicited advice, just sharing my own experience.

  • So...how do people get convinced?

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  • This discussion makes me think of a concept from Mao's On Contradiction,

    Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in society, that is, the contradiction between the productive forces and the relations of production, the contradiction between classes and the contradiction between the old and the new; it is the development of these contradictions that pushes society forward and gives the impetus for the supersession of the old society by the new. Does materialist dialectics exclude external causes? Not at all. It holds that external causes are the condition of change and internal causes are the basis of change, and that external causes become operative through internal causes. In a suitable temperature an egg changes into a chicken, but no temperature can change a stone into a chicken, because each has a different basis.

    Mao is talking about changes in society more broadly, but I think this idea can be applied on an individual level as well. A person's internal state needs to be such that they are open to new information, in order for that information to meaningfully shift their perspective.

    So my hypothesis is that you were able to change your mind when you learned more about the Iraq War because, for whatever reasons, your internal state was receptive to new ideas. Some other people may be presented with that same information, but then just mentally discard it if they aren't in a place where they're ready to hear it. So essentially I'm agreeing with what some other commenters have already said, that organizing is most effective when it's focused on people who are sufficiently agitated and open to hearing what we have to say.

  • China @lemmygrad.ml
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    Around the world, China is turning on the lights - Friends of Socialist China

    socialistchina.org /2025/12/11/around-the-world-china-is-turning-on-the-lights/
  • Technology @lemmygrad.ml
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    Stalked in real time: Intellexa, the Israeli Predator in your pocket

    mronline.org /2025/12/10/stalked-in-real-time-intellexa-the-israeli-predator-in-your-pocket/
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  • US News @lemmygrad.ml
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    30 percent of U.S. corporations planning holiday season layoffs

    mronline.org /2025/12/06/30-percent-of-u-s-corporations-planning-holiday-season-layoffs/