The season of suicide beckons… I hope we survive it

Initial goal was to denazify and demilitarise Ukraine and also to ‘protect the people of Luhansk and Donetsk’ right? So anything short of that is sort of a loss. I don’t think Putin can get all of that he’s going to have to compromise.

Well, I am a gambling man, how much we talking? Cos a penny bet reckons it’s a Russian loss but would I go all in? Not yet…

Uhh did you mistake me? Fuck imperialism. American, Russian, Chinese, European, I don’t care.

They still lost.

u/Spez just sad he’s got less posters for his favourite JB subreddits

Russia’s 3 day operation continues to amaze me, they truly suck at war like their generals are worse than a 14 year old total war gamer. Everyday it’s ‘russia gonan win real soon totes promise!’ and yet they continue to stall out over 55 year old blokes with out of date war gear. Pathetic truly, as sad as the Yankees wasting 20 years in the desert only to be defeated by goat herders lmao. These imperialist powers sure know how to waste their young men!

Ah the fastest way to introduce managed democracy to bugs, bots, and squids

‘Westerners’
Kinda broad

So you disagree that the wrong man in charge does not lead to catastrophe? Even if Beria is more mild than he is made out to be surely you still can understand the flaw of having a singular point of failure in any system. Is it not possible to improve upon what the Lenin started? Is he truly the best we can hope to achieve?

Hungary and turkey with a general rise of far right parties in France, Germany and the UK. I’d say fascism is pretty popular over there.

Catherine merridale uses accounts from red army veterans and personal accounts of those who worked in the work houses as the foundation of her book. I find it insightful despite present biases. And of course, identifying biases is inherent to good research which is why I’m aware that communist literature has its very own to be wary of. Thank you for the book recommendation! Keen to get through it

Hard agree capitalists and westerners hold more fear over communism than Nazism/fascism and that the truth of their history is often distorted however after reading Ivan’s War I’ve become a lot more critical of how communism was executed in Russia. Additionally, there were a few extremely rotten individuals that were allowed to rise to prominence within the communist party that I think undermined its efforts. People like Beria and Lysenko terrify me and reveal how the wrong people in the wrong place can cause mass death in an authoritarian system.

Without coming to blows arguing historical fact I just can’t swing ML. I’ve read Marx (or better yet, continuing to read Marx) and the man spits straight fire, so does Lenin, hell even stalin at times. But! I’m too disgusted by the atrocities wrought in their names, intended or not it’s just too many dead for me. I’m much more interested in how ML can evolve and change into something that’s much more adaptable to outside pressure without falling victim to the corruption of centralised power. Keen to know your thoughts.

Ooh wonderful thanks for the recommendation! De leonism is entirely new to me.

Here’s mine.

Eco anarchism I think isn’t quite right, I’d actually identify as an anarcho-communist, maybe anarcho-syndicalist. I do love communism and it’s literature but I think history teaches us that central authority is simply too easily abused. I’m still reading and learning though, anyone wanna shill their views to me? Maybe share a book?

ITT people that don’t ssee it

Look a little deeper

I mean yeah, hard agree, but Trans people ain’t a monolith and I would like to learn more about them.

Oof there IS fast travel in DS1 after you reach Anor Londo 😅 you really aren’t meant to be in the tomb for the giants until you’ve unlocked it