Do people not just use their 5 axis CNC to plane their double sided whetstones? I mean I get that the whole reason you wouldn't just machine sharpen the blade with your belt grinder is that it's a hobby, but that doesn't mean you need to spend time manually flattening your stones when you have a perfectly good aerospace machine shop.
I manage a tiny motel in the middle of nowhere where the only guests are the family of a former video rental mogul who lost it all when their accountant committed fraud.
Because they are more concerned with relitigating the cold war that actual politics and statecraft. The failures of socialist states cannot merely be failures of socialist leaders, or socialist ideals, or the lack of material conditions for implementing socialism - it is the collective effect of western imperialism keeping socialism down. As such, the first order for international socialism is to subvert western imperialism, at which point socialism will be able to rise from the ashes.
Like many things, there is some truth to these claims, but to the extent that it prevents them from confronting their own historic failures, it is one of the most toxic aspects of leftist thought, and is typically rejected or at least heavily qualified by most actual academics. However, because of the nature of online spaces, this idea tends to be overrepresented in discussion forums, where authoritarian leftists are able to sustain combative and pushy behaviors which are not tolerated in the real world, which tends to push everyone else out of the bubble.
Oh great so it's only utterly pointless and uncomfortable.
This is my privileged white guy battle that I will fight to my final day. Yes it is low stakes, but it is a battle someone needs to fight. I will never wear a tie, and I will view anyone who does as choosing to uphold one of the biggest systems of oppression I regularly deal with.
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined