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Weydemeyer

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  • Are iranian children worth less than american children?

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  • It’s estimated that 30-40 children died on Oct 7th. Consider the reaction most (white) Americans had to that event to the 165 schoolchildren killed in Minab recently. Neither Israel nor Iran are meaningfully “closer” to Americans than the other.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from March 2nd to March 8th, 2026 - The Second Iran VS US+Zionists War Megathread

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  • Needs a jaunty MIDI tune à la the Lincolnshire Poacher numbers station.

  • 'Big one is coming soon': Trump tells Tapper we're going to be 'hitting them hard' in Iran

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  • The entire world (other than Yemen) stood by while the US and Israel committed a genocide of hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza. Countries not particularly friendly to either country sent strongly-worded letters but not much more. Allies of the US/Israel actively went along with it and focused on crushing dissent inside their own borders. Then you have other events like trying to literally starve Cuba for no reason other than they looked at us kinda funny… and still the rest of the world does nothing. This is the prior information Trump and Netanyahu are working with. Would it not be entirely rational for the two of them to conclude that they can nuke Tehran and they won’t face any real consequences either domestically or abroad?

  • A two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. ‘It’s easy to see why birth rates are falling’

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  • The real horror of the future is climate change, which is usually the first thing people cite when questioning if it’s a good idea to bring kids into the world at all.

  • Dialectical Materalism: How to Think Like a Marxist

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  • This is a great write-up, thank you for sharing! For those who want to know more, do you mind if I plug Luna Oi's translation of a Vietnamese textbook on Dialectical Materialism? In terms of books I've found it to be a great long-form explanation of Dialectical Materialism.

    One thing I appreciated in the book is that it separates Dialectical Materialism and Materialist Dialectics - the former being the philosophy and the later being the tools. It might seem like a distinction without a difference but separating the two helped me understand both better.

  • Cuba says four shot dead on US-registered speedboat

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  • 100% this was a CIA operation.

  • What lurking suspicion do you have about something but is hard to prove?

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  • When George Lucas was filming A New Hope he did not have the notion developed that Vader was actually Luke’s father, and that he only came up with it after the movie was released. There is no actual foreshadowing of this, no hints, and really nothing in A New Hope would even point to this possibility. To say Vader “killed your father” but to really mean “uhhhh I meant the ‘Vader’ persona metaphorically ‘killed’ the person your father was” is such a ridiculous stretch I just don’t get why more people don’t ever call this out. The much more straightforward explanation is that Lucas came up with the idea as a way to build up drama in the movies that followed, after A New Hope was already out.

  • What lurking suspicion do you have about something but is hard to prove?

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  • Top European officials give standing ovation to a Marco Rubio speech, planning to start a new age of colonialism, and revive the 'great Western empires'

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  • Europeans love their colonial history and will celebrate it any time they think they can get away with it.

    I think it was Macron who, just a year or so ago, was talking about how countries in North Africa should be thanking France that they got colonized by them!

  • Top European officials give standing ovation to a Marco Rubio speech, planning to start a new age of colonialism, and revive the 'great Western empires'

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  • FWIW I don’t think Rubio buys any of this “western civilization greatness” business. I think he is fixated on Cuba, it’s his white whale. He has dreamed of reverting Cuba back to being a colonial holding of the US, toppling the socialist project there and installing Miami gusanos in control of all economic and political aspect of the island his whole life. I think he’s just playing along with whatever Trump wants vis-a-vis the rest of the world in order to get what he wants.

    Thankfully, as brutal and criminal as US actions against Cuba have been, it appears that the Cuban people are holding the line and I believe at the end of the day Rubio will be very disappointed.

    Edit: want to point out that Rubio was confirmed as SoS by a vote of I think 99-0 in the Senate.

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. One of the favorite books from my childhood

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  • I recently chose to read this because Twain’s “there were two reigns of terror” is my all time favorite quote from anyone.

    I enjoyed it. I think even though it’s by no means a “historical” account, the book provides a good characterization of just how much life sucked for most people in the Middle Ages. Twain really is a brilliant writer.

    That said, my only complaint is that I found Hank Morgan to be an unlikable character to me personally. I don’t know if that was Twain’s intention or not. It didn’t really alter how I felt about the book because I don’t think you need likable characters necessarily to enjoy a book. But I don’t know, his personality just didn’t jive with me and I felt he was a largely shallow and arrogant protagonist.

  • These Are the Best Alternatives to Google’s Android Operating System (Wired)

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  • The EU is looking for tech independence

    Issues of whether or not the EU is actually looking for tech independence aside… I find it remarkable that open source software offers so much potential for breaking free from US-dominated tech giants like Microsoft and Google, for relative pennies, and no one seems to want to pursue it. I imagine a country like France or China could develop versions of Linux (for desktop, mobile, and other applications like spreadsheets or web browsers) that blow away what we currently have for a cost that would be a rounding error of a rounding error in their current state budgets. Not sure why this hasn’t already happened, tbh.

  • Beatriz Martínez, psychiatrist: ‘In a few years, letting children be glued to screens will be seen in the same light as dipping their pacifier in alcohol’

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  • Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal | CNN Politics

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  • It’s a good thing first and foremost because tariffs have been Trump’s #1 tool to bully other nations into bending to his will.

  • what the US is doing to Cuba right now is one of the most barbaric crimes in its history.

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  • “Autarky doesn’t work” is something that all economists - from the Marxist to the Austrian - agree on. Every country must exchange the commodities and resources it can produce for the ones it can’t. The large countries blessed with large populations and an abundance of resources (USA, Russia, et al) can get away with a bit better. But a small, resource-poor island with a centuries-long history of colonial exploitation? To imply that Cuba’s economic woes stem from anything other than being mostly cut off from international trade strains credulity.

  • Portugal: Socialist Seguro wins big in presidential election

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  • I believe the reason Labour in the UK, SPD in Germany, the Democrats in the US, etc etc are so hated at this moment is not because they are “too woke”, but rather because when they have been in power, they have done nothing to help alleviate the material issues that the people face. The answer to defeat the rising fascist tide is right there for the left: do things that help the working class in their material circumstances and tell billionaires to fuck off. And yet (so far) they seem incapable of doing so. I hope for success in places like Portugal and France and then that can be a model for everyone else.

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    Posting my answers to Marxist Internet Archive's Capital vol. 1 study questions: Chapter 1 Section 1

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  • Thanks! I’m working at a slower pace since this is my second time reading Vol. 1 (because I wanted to read it alongside Heinrich’s guide, and it only covers the first 7 chapters so he goes through it slow), but I’ve previously read Vols. 1 & 2 so I’ll jump in and see if I can contribute anything.

  • DPRK rule

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  • or need breeding facilities

    Setting aside the weirdness of this comment, the DPRK’s birth rate is significantly ahead of ROK’s, to the point that I wouldn’t entire rule out ROK seeking reunification eventually in order to avoid demographic collapse.

  • Its not looking good..

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  • What the EU doesn’t have, at least in the short/medium term, is energy. That industrial base needs (a lot of) energy. Russia was able to supply this cheaply, while the US is charging an arm and a leg. Of course in the long run, renewables can help keep that energy production local, but that means developing closer ties with China. And right now the US is trying to throw up walls to prevent other countries from accessing China’s renewable energy products.

    The EU does indeed have a significantly larger potential industrial base than Russia. But that also requires coordination, intentional action, and long-term planning. So far the EU hasn’t seemed capable of doing these things but who knows, maybe Trump has been the wake-up call Europeans need.

    I also hope Trump has shown Europeans that the US is the bigger threat to European sovereignty than Russia. And this will be true after Trump is gone, it’s not a one-time thing (Biden did things hostile to European sovereignty but that goes under the radar because he was more supportive of Ukraine). But yeah, if the EU makes some coordinated effort to build military defenses, they shouldn’t have a problem protecting their sovereignty against Russia. And that assumes Russia wants to try and military conquer parts of Europe, which I do not believe but even if I did, a more robust, domestic EU military would be enough to prevent an attack even if that was Russia’s intention.

    The US is Europe’s fake friend - with or without Trump - and it frustrates me to no end that Europeans can’t see it.

  • Cuba @lemmy.ml
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    If you're a US American, you can help Cubans by donating to the Hatuey Project and get needed medical supplies to the people

    www.hatueyproject.org
  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    Drawing by a 5 year old girl at the ICE Children’s Concentration Camp in Dilley, TX. This child turned 5 in detention & has spent almost 20% of her life jailed along with 4 of her siblings

  • Cuba @lemmy.ml
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    Mexico’s president says cancellation of oil shipment to Cuba is ‘sovereign’ decision

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/jan/27/mexico-cuba-trump-oil
  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    How can I ensure any videos I record on my phone aren't deleted by the cops?

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    You can play the Lord of the Rings TCG online for free!

    play.lotrtcgpc.net /gemp-lotr/
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    I have the absolute worst reason for dual booting Linux and Windows

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    "Basement with Supplies", Soviet poster, 1973

  • Communism @lemmy.ml
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    2% of Americans identify as Communist (6% as Socialist)

  • Communism @lemmy.ml
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    RIP Victor Grossman (1928-2025)

    www.jungewelt.de /artikel/514309.nachruf-bei-ihm-stimmte-es.html
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

    www.livemint.com /news/us-news/us-senator-moves-to-file-section-230-repeal-what-is-the-law-how-will-a-ban-affect-your-free-speech-on-the-internet/amp-11765605040550.html