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  • 20% of the worlds prison population

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  • See now there you've made a crucial error. You're recommending a book which, while it has some criticism of the specifics of how the USSR implemented socialism, on the whole it's quite positive about the idea of establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat in general. Obviously that disagrees with my preconceived notion that humans are greedy, and that therefore capitalism is good, so I would never read a source that contradicts this, because I would have to dismiss most of it outright. And that's just a hassle.

  • 20% of the worlds prison population

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  • It's suspicious because it disagrees with my preconceived notions about communism.

  • 20% of the worlds prison population

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  • I think this is a good rule of thumb in general. When statistics agree with my preconceived notions, I consider them trustworthy, and if not, I assume that reality lines up with what I expect. For example, the referendum in held in the Baltics about leaving the USSR ended in favor of leaving, which I think is a good example of a trustworthy statistic. But the subsequent referendum in the remaining members ended in favor of staying in the USSR, and I think that's a little suspicious, don't you?

  • Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon

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  • Please understand that I'm not some liberal, and I'm open to your perspective. I'm not being argumentative, I'm just asking for a source. I'm interested in finding out more about the Nuremberg trials, and typically google suggests libbed up shit, so I'm asking you specifically to help me out.

  • Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon

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  • No Iran definitely has the moral high ground, by a fair margin. Israel has been committing a genocide, as well as running a full on apartheid ethnostate, if you didn't know. But even if we ignore that, the IAEA as wel as the American intelligence community (think NSA, CIA and so on) have both assessed, as recently as a week ago, that Iran has not attempted to build nuclear weapons since 2003. Iran is being bombed, illegally, based on a lie. That's high ground enough for me.

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  • I agree with the spirit of your comment. Germany lost, fascism won. But as far as I can see there were close to 40 death sentences out of 160 convictions. Where are you getting your data?

  • Pakistan nominates Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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  • Fits right in with Obama, lord of drones.

  • Dual Booters be like

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  • I've got this setup, but optimized slightly:

    1. Install linux on one drive

  • Dear slim

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  • Please read this as an addition and not a correction: It is not just the after-effects that render cluster munition indiscriminate (you're essentially peppering an area with mines), but also the immediate effects. By their very nature they cannot be directed at specific soldiers or vehicles, which violates the Geneva convention.

  • Dear slim

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  • Germans too. Benjamin Franklin called them swarthy. "White" has always been a social construct to delineate an ingroup.

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  • "My house is on fire and there's NOTHING I can do"

    "Maybe call 911, leave the house, get the fire ext..."

    "NOTHING, I SAY! NOTHING!"

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  • So wait for a charismatic and perfect savior.

    Did you not read what I said? I'm talking about taking up concrete policy positions. Profoundly uncharismatic people like Biden, Harris, Clinton can do that. And yes, it will gain them votes.

    Well not Biden obviously because he's been non compos mentis for the past three years, but you get the point.

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  • That's kind of a broad question, and there's at least two contexts in which I can answer it. One is on a personal level, and one is more on the level of "what should the DNC do if they want to win another election".

    Personal answer first. Quite simple:

    • join a union
    • engage in mutual aid
    • read theory (yes really)
    • local politics (no matter how local) matter, act like it
    • vote for politicians and their policies because you believe in them, not because other guy bad. If your choice is between Hitler and Hitler wearing a funny hat, voting uncommitted is not only your democratic right, but your duty. If you guarantee your vote to a politician regardless of what rhey do or advocate for, the politician has no reason whatsoever to listen to you or cater to your needs. None.

    Now if you're asking as a card carrying DNC member with influence:

    • Do not capitulate to right wing framing. You will never win at being right wing, the right wing is much better at that than you. Concretely, engage in counter messaging. For example, when it comes to undocumented immigrants, frame them as a boon to society (which they are) and aggressively fight anyone who claims they commit more crimes (they don't, in fact they commit fewer per capita), don't say "I agree mr republican, and my border policies are just as draconian as yours, if not more, just as they should be!" Same with fracking, genocide, crime, taxes, etc. Be an alternative, not a weak derivative.
    • Don't fund a genocide. So easy. All you have to do is not send 17.8 billion in military aid to any country committing a genocide. You see a country committing genocide? Do not send 17.8 billion dollars in military aid. If you can't help yourself and have to send the money anyway, don't go bragging about it on your campaign trail, you fucking idiot. More generally, people do not like war, and prefer not to spend billions on some country they've never been to. Trump managed to position himself as the peace candidate TWICE because the dems kept falling over themselves to prove how fucking hawkish they were. This is pure incompetence.
    • Start advocating for worker's rights. Stronger unions, higher minimum wage, forced and paid parental leave, paid sick leave, and so on. These are deeply popular positions, as polling shows, also among people who normally vote republican. A one time tax credit is not worker's rights.
    • Start advocating for universal health care again. Or at least fucking mention it every now and then. The US is the only nation in the developed world (and beyond?) that doesn't have this, you can gain so much on this.

    Follow these simple steps and you'll win your next election!

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  • I mean, it's not perfect. A lot of advocacy groups for the homeless are actually critical of the plan, primarily because it doesn't address the underlying issues that cause homelessness and because the efficacy of forced drug and mental health treatment is questionable at best. But it's better than putting arm rests on benches, that's for sure.

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  • This naming scheme breaks down the moment they release another line of 12", 13", or 16" laptops. It's a bad naming scheme.

  • This change just happened in Lille, France

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  • If you walk onto a freeway, on foot, you are being reckless. It's the same for bike lanes. Look where you walk.

  • This change just happened in Lille, France

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  • I was being inconsiderate and dangerous in traffic, and it's the other guy's fault

  • This change just happened in Lille, France

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  • Lady in pink would be killed if she came to Amsterdam

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