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@ queermunist @lemmy.ml

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/u/outwrangle before everything went to shit in 2020, /u/emma_lazarus for a while after that, now I’m all queermunist!

  • 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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  • 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.

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

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

    Critical support!

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

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  • 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.

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

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

  • How much meat would be ok?

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  • 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?

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

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  • 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.

  • 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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  • 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.

  • Am I weird for making rice specifically for fried rice?

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  • 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!

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

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  • 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.

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

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  • 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.

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

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  • 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.

  • ‘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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  • The US: epicentre and outlier

    USA! USA!

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

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  • 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.

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

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  • 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.

    Right now it's Venezuela on the chopping block. You will help them far more by fighting the US than by criticizing Maduro.

  • How China is changing its social credit system

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  • Oh! "Hangout" like "hanging the information out"

    I always thought it was a "hangout" like "people hanging out together" and that never made any sense.

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

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  • You're judging them while they have the boot heel of Western imperialism on their necks.

  • Thieves drill into German bank vault and make off with millions

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  • Well the bank teller that lives inside the machine needs to go home sometime.

  • Off the Rails

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  • They didn't use the common definition, they specified the animal kingdom. That definitely includes humans.

  • Doctors Say AI Use Is Almost Certainly Linked to Developing Psychosis

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  • Talking to a hallucination is, in fact, not good for you.

  • News @lemmy.world
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say

    www.cnn.com /2024/02/21/politics/biden-considering-executive-action-to-close-southern-border-sources-say/index.html
  • World News @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them

    www.reuters.com /world/middle-east/israel-says-ground-forces-operating-across-gaza-strip-offensive-builds-2023-12-04/
  • News @lemmy.world
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    ‘All men 16 years and above, raise your hands’: how al-Shifa raid unfolded

    www.theguardian.com /world/2023/nov/15/all-men-16-years-and-above-raise-your-hands-how-al-shifa-raid-unfolded
  • Ask Lemmygrad @lemmygrad.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    A recent argument forced me to see that "genocide" has been turned into an imprecise word, and I don't know what to do about that?

    www.un.org /en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
  • World News @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Did Israel bomb a civilian evacuation route in Gaza? | Financial Times

    www.ft.com /content/95c5fcf1-c756-415f-85b8-1e4bbff24736
  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on How She’s Changed - The New York Times

    ghostarchive.org /archive/c8b8b
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    What the hell is this horror show shit that keeps showing up in Pocket?