As long as the imperial core has its “hard currencies”, how can world trade imbalances be resolved? As long as a trader can obtain profit by taking goods from a “cheap country” (one with lots of goods but little hard currency) and sell in a “expensive country” (less goods more hard currency), export-import imbalances will remain incentivised.

They can exit same way they exited the war with ansarallah

Just leave and let isr*el get fucked

Literally everything they are doing is sin.

It requires a hell of a lot of motivated reasoning to look at a prophecy of “the anti-christ will descend upon this world to bring about the apocalypse” and decide that “I’m going to be that anti-christ”

The reference in the petition to meaningful reparations is not a claim for the payment of compensation. It does not demand any specific sums,” he said.

I can’t even. Even in their wildest dreams (petition that will not pass) these libs refuse to do anything materially useful

If Pedro Sanchez values human rights, where has he been all the years when Iranians have been killed by their own regime? What did he say about genocidal politics against Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians, and other minorities committed by a brutal regimes in China when seeking business there?

He doesn’t need to stand up for fictional crimes.

Maybe, but the euros do their best to remove any “undeserving” people from accessing social benefits anyway

Just because the western media (who lied to you shamelessly about all their enemies) tells you a country is dictatorial or has bad human rights doesn’t mean its actually true. Working with China makes sanchez more respectable, not less.

I would instead say that working with Europeans is somewhat shameful for China, since Europeans have shown themselves to be shameless murderers and butchers their constant middle eastern ears/genocides.

But I suppose at least their foreign policy of working with everyone is consistent

The Spanish position is not anti-American. It is not pro-Iranian. It is simply pro-law, pro-peace and anti-war.

Libs need to stop with this mealy mouthed both-sidesing. Picking the Iranian side in this conflict is the pro-peace and righteous side.

They didn’t do shit besides exist without bowing their heads to American capital. Any domestic issues they had were also domestic issues that the west had.

Yet, as the European Union expert Alberto Alemanno recently wrote, "Europe backs a war it didn’t start, won’t fight, and can’t afford. Washington gets the geopolitical prize. Europe gets the bill.” That bill will come due in higher energy prices, potential migration flows, terrorist threats and political instability on Europe’s southern flank.

Why have some mfs started to talk about migration flows as some sort of major threat to europe? Because it will lead to higher population? I thought the euro bougies wanted more workers. Because it will lead to a resurgence in the far-right? Ship already sailed. Because it will reduce European wages? Also a ship that has been sailing for a long time now. Because make Europe less white? Lmao

On the bright side Europe is shutting off its factories so it doesn’t need as much gas as before.

Also less jokingly, this is going to further force Europe into conceding to China for alternative energy which if the euros play right, could help them last through the next winter (also assuming the next winter is a bit warmer)

https://www.iea.org/regions/europe/energy-mix

In 2023 the Europeans got 4.5 exajoules from renewable out of 73.2 exajoules of total energy. A year earlier they had 4.1 exajoules, so they added about 0.4 exajoules which doesn’t sound like a lot. However for residential purposes they consumed 12.9 exajoules.

So replacing a good 0.4 or bit more amount of energy used in residences (this is 2023 data, so the renewable situation is better today) would translate to about a 3% reduction in residential energy use which could all come from fossil fuel consumption so about 5-6% less oil/gas consumption (Europe got 60% of its energy supply from gas/oil in 2023).

This all assumes that the Europeans won’t willingly shoot themselves in the foot by tariffing china, that they will install a bunch of renewable for residential use, and they will use the saved energy to stock up fossil fuels for the winter where renewable make less energy. Or maybe they aggressively electrify heating.

Adding 0.4 exajoules of renewable might also be an underestimate since renewable have accelerated in recent years, so the prospects of managing through the winter will be better.

1. Pretend everything is fine and try to win the war with Iran

2. Offer concessions to Russia, make too much of a low ball, be humiliated a bit then make bigger concessions while saving face

3. Start rationing gas for the bourgeoise and make everyone else eat the costs (ex - rolling blackouts with exceptions for AI datacenters)

4. Outbuy everyone else in fuels by printing dollars (maybe even offering tarrif cancellations as a “concession” and method to export domestic inflation)

Capitalists are possessed, mere machine components of capital

https://ianwrightsite.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/marx-on-capital-as-a-real-god-2/

How many such bombs do the americans and israelis have and why are they wasting these (presumably scarce*) bombs on museums and landmarks?

*can’t be that easy to make and transport 2000 lb bombs

Fortunately/unfortunately winter is ending so the euros won’t be freezing to death.

But because of climate change many will be burning to death instead …

Was is a dog shaped pupper or a human shaped pupper??

To connect events together into a coherent history, and parts into a system, requires a strong analytical framework. Otherwise you will flounder about, like trying to assemble an engine with no manual or experience.

For us, dialectical material and historical materialism are those frameworks.

For liberals, they don’t have a framework at all, either that or they use nationalism as their framework.

The poor robot obv

Iran fucking up the oil supply is a real threat to Ukraine cause if Europe abandons it and turns to Russia for oil, it’s game over for them

Also, the zelensky regime isn’t known for being truthful or rational. They did kursk despite it being a monumentally stupid idea idea.

Tragic story:

When I was a fan of yaoi, I did not know I was a girl

Now that I know that I’m a girl, I’m no longer a fan of yaoi

The yaoi fangirl in me never had a chance to be born 😔