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emma_lazarus for a while after that, now I’m all queermunist!

4h ago

Took this quiz where you try to guess who someone voted for for US President in 2024 based on their beliefs and wow American voters really are something
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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 4h ago

But it doesn't. It tells us this specific selection of voters is incoherent and unprincipled, but the fact that the vast majority of them voted already tells us that this isn't a random sample of US voters. It comes across as cherry picking to prove a point.

10h ago

China Launches Major Military Drills Encircling Taiwan in Response to US Arms Sales

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 10h ago

He also can’t just tear down a third of the White House on a whim, but here we are.

Critical support!

10h ago

Lukashenko Condemns Ukraine's 'Reckless Attack' on Putin's Residence

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 10h ago

Ukraine’s far right problem is as nuanced as the US’s

You're right, which is why I want both of them to lose.

12h ago

China and the United States Are Racing Towards Different Ends in AI

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 12h ago

It's basically Millenarianism, they think they're building God and that everything that comes before will cease to matter.

12h ago

How much meat would be ok?

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 12h ago

On an industrial scale you basically have to ban meat to protect the environment. There simply can't be 8+ billion meat eaters.

Maybe bug meat could be environmentally friendly, but at that point why not just eat plants?

13h ago

China Launches Major Military Drills Encircling Taiwan in Response to US Arms Sales

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 13h ago

lol yeah cuz Ukraine is doing great right now, huh?

Taiwan is likely looking at how the West used Ukraine and seeing its own future if it comes to war, and is not excited for it.

13h ago

Took this quiz where you try to guess who someone voted for for US President in 2024 based on their beliefs and wow American voters really are something

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 13h ago

What's this quiz even supposed to tell us? Only 2 of the options did not vote, which isn't representative of the US population at all.

13h ago

Am I weird for making rice specifically for fried rice?

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 13h ago

I make ramen noodles specifically so I can save the noodles for later when I fry them with vegetables.

I just drink the broth for breakfast.

I don't think it's weird!

13h ago

What is your opinion on fireworks and how legal they should be?

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 13h ago

I have a lot of fond memories of fireworks, buuuuut they probably shouldn't be legal. They disturb our non-human neighbors, they spread litter, they cause fires, and they're physically dangerous even with training. Drone swarms are better in most ways.

1d ago

How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset?

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 1d ago

The Party controls production and workers control the party. In capitalist countries, markets control the parties. In socialist countries, the Party controls the markets.

Politics are in command.

You aren't interested in the real world. You're only interested in the perfect socialism that exists in your imagination and no where else.

1d ago

How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset?

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 1d ago

China commanded the economy to shut down to implement the zero COVID policies, it likely saved the lives of millions of workers. That's not something any other continental capitalist country could even attempt, because in capitalist countries the market is in command. There were a few islands (or semi-islands like South Korea) which could boast similar successes, but they were clear outliers that benefited from not having land borders. The rest of us live at the whim of the market and we were all marched to our deaths.

That convinced me that actually existing socialism actually exists. It's not perfect, with many capitalist compromises and internal flaws, but politics are in command.

When I point out that you have to pick a side, you vacillate. You insist that there aren't any sides worth choosing so you can avoid dirtying your hands in the real world. You just retreat into the perfect socialism that does not exist and will only ever exist in your head. You have removed yourself from the struggle entirely. You might as well not even exist.

1d ago

‘It’s completely out of control’: Scientists warn bird flu could spark a human pandemic in 2026 | BBC Science Focus Magazine

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 1d ago

The US: epicentre and outlier

USA! USA!

1d ago

How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset?

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 1d ago

It's the only socialism that actually exists, hence, actually existing socialism.

So, choose. Do you want capitalism, or the only existing alternative? In Venezuela you can support Maduro, or you can support Trump's regime change. Those are the only options that exist. Pick one.

1d ago

How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset?

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queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml 1d ago

The goalpost is "actually existing socialism actually exists"

That's it. The fact that it exists under siege simply means that our goal should be to lift the boot off their necks, instead of wasting time criticizing them. Are they imperfect, flawed, with tragic excesses and rightist deviations? Yes. That's beyond the scope of anything we can possibly do. Our project, if you actually believe in anything other than capitalism, is to use our privileged position within the core to fight for the defeat of the empire: lift the blockades, end the espionage, stop regime change.