Silly tankie, it's only a war crime when people do it that we, western liberals, don't like. Silly tankie.
"We won't have to worry about being racist if we just killed all the other races."
No
"Genocide is good when it's carried out by the people we like, stupid tankies."
Israel amasses 100,000
troopscowards
FTFY
Sir, please stand against the wall with the rest.
There's also a difference in HOW certain groups support the government. The more modern/city dwelling populace, especially the younger generations, is more of a "general support overall" but they go into the finer details more about which representatives and policies they like and dislike, etc. Whereas the more rural, poorer, and older peoples tend to have a much stronger feeling of support for the communists and less of a breakdown of the finer details.
At least this is what I have heard from interviews with people that travel the area. The Proles of the Round Table podcast have a few good episodes on this.
To quote other commenters in another thread.
What does it mean to be a “civilian” when the violence against Palestine is settler-colonial ethnic cleansing?
I do not advocate for the actual assault of children, but the “civilians” in the settlements are the perpetrators of decades long genocide. People who not only do not care that countless Palestinians, children included, have been murdered, but actually support it. It is not a meaningful distinction in this type of conflict.
They put themselves there because they are ideologically committed to ethnically cleansing the land of Palestinians and taking it for themselves. They are thieves and murderers and actions against them by Palestinian forces is self defence.
Counterpoint, there is no such thing as civilian Israelis. They are all criminal settlers occupying stolen land and condoning genocide against the people they have stolen from.
Usually for me it's if they don't point at me and make a loud screeching sound when I mention unions are good and maybe socialist countries aren't as bad as the US media makes them out to be.
It's been collapsing for decades, it's just now becoming more obvious. It's basically already at a collapsed state. I mean, what do we call a society where people regularly can't afford food, water, shelter, or medical attention? Collapse isn't "everything sucks for everyone." It's "everything sucks for most while some still manage to hold on." If you think it hasn't collapsed yet you just aren't yet a victim of it.
Oh I get it completely but the issue I see is that there won't BE any real action or reform taken specifically because the capitalist system doesn't want it to. It's like how the vast majority support extended background checks but Congress will never touch that shit. America is so fucked it would take the ending of capitalism in order to implement any of these ideas. At least that's how it seems to be from my point of view of the society.... God I hate it here.
I don't think the killing in US will ever stop so long as capitalism remains in charge. Most of these comments, while mostly correct, and discussing the symptoms that are causing the mass shootings while the underlying cause of those symptoms is being ignored. Fascist propaganda, white supremacy, mental health, etc? All these things stem from the same general source. They are all a product of rampant capitalism. Especially the mental health. We either don't treat it at all or give people "antidepressants" that have been linked to erratic and violent behavior. All the stresses, social isolations, poverty, etc. that cause kids and adults alike to just go shoot up schools and shit. It's all a product of capitalism driving the labor class insane. It's meant to. To keep us killing each other and not the capitalists.
Sure, you could enact laws against propaganda, better background checks, all that, but those things will never pass in the US's hyper capitalist government. In theory they could work but in order for them to be put into practice you have to actually do something about capitalism. And if you end capitalism you get rid of a lot of the factors that cause the shootings in the first place.
If you skip past most of this please read the last paragraph.
First point to make "will corrupt it the same way they do for capitalism"
People that actually say this are already in the wrong. They look at places like the US and see the politicians not working for the people. Getting into bed with big business money and screwing over the rest of the population.... The rest of the population being the workers, the labor forces..... The US is a capitalist government.... This is not corruption. Corruption doesn't not mean "evil" or "bad," it means "doing something that goes against what the current system is set up to do." The way we use "corruption" in the US is actually the system working as intended. The government is SUPPOSED to do this. They are SUPPOSED to uphold the power of the capitalist at the expense of the people. Protecting and serving the capitalist class has always been the governments purpose. They have just spend centuries convincing the populace when it's not. That the government is there to protect and serve all Americans. A real, actual corrupt politician in the US is one that would help the workers at the expense of businesses. In the same light a politician that uses his office to further their own wealth is not corrupt in the eyes of capitalism. That's a very capitalist thing to do. Further your own accumulation of capital at the expense of the working class.
You notice these politicians never further their own wealth if it is going to hurt the oligarchy in any meaningful way, and the ones that do are cast out almost immediately. So the US DOES weed out corruption. It's why you don't see many politicians in the US actually helping the working class or going against the oligarchy. You think the US didn't do mass purges? Look at what they did to crush the communist parties that had so much support their marches filled the streets of cities during and after the great depression.
The irony is that by doing this they create a definition of corruption in politics that is only really applicable to socialist nations. A socialist working with businesses at the expense of workers IS actual corruption. A socialist politician that uses their position for personal gains etc. Is corruption. That's NOT how the system is intended to work. So the definition applies.
The other thing that no one ever seems to think about or bring up is this.
Ok so let's say both systems get "corrupted" right? What happens when the corrupt get into power? Do the all of a sudden become "less corrupt"? Do the go "ok I'm in now but here where it stops" or do they FURTHER the corruption of the system? Anyone with a miniscule amount of brain activity will say they do the latter. A corrupted system furthers its own corruption. To make it safe for them who are corrupt. So then you have to point out... a "corrupt" capitalist system as they define it.... never really changes. It never stops being capitalist. If history has shown us anything,it's that when a SOCIALIST nation gets to a certain point in it's corruptuon what happens? It BECOMES capitalist.... It stops serving the people and begins serving capitol. The fall of the USSR is a perfect example. By this reasoning one can say that with "corruption" as they define it, there is no socialist country to ever exist that is more corrupt than a capitalist one. Because corrupt socialism devolves into capitalism as it becomes more corrupt. Capitalism is the system in which the corrupt create to be safe and maintain their power and wealth. It does not devolve into anything because it's already at its final level. One could say " but Fascism" but fascism isn't an entirely different system. It still runs on capitalism.
Is there an instance or other thread going on for more emoji's?
I know we had an emoji thread a while back and made some from that. Wasn't sure if we had made a specific com for that or a new thread. Seen some people asking for more options so if we don't have another thread open I was going to suggest either a com or maybe just a periodic emoji suggestion thread?
Been reading into fermentation effects on bean. 75% reduction in soluble sugars and an almost 20% increase in soluble fiber is pretty crazy.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8882373/
Not so much workout related but still health related in a way. lol
The fiber in beans is already good for regulation blood sugar and digestion. Fermenting them would seem to be adding to this impact by greatly reducing the carb load and further increasing the fiber content. Not to mention the fact fermented beans won't give you gas because those compounds get fermented out as well. Also an 8% increase in protein value is nice to boot. Downside is a loss of some vitamin content but I'll take that trade off.
I'm interested in how it would impact something you can make tofu out of like soy or garbanzo beans. I actually have some garbanzo beans fermenting so I plan to try it out. I made a tofu out of regular rehydrated garbanzo beans by blending them up into a paste. Straining out the liquid which I cooked down. I steamed the solids to cook them then added them back into the liquid once it was thickened. Made a paste that was like mashed potatoes and glue. lol. Once cooled in the fridge though it made a pretty firm and cuttable tofu that had more texture than a normal tofu. Going to try the same technique but with the fermented beans instead and see what happens. lol
Issue with minimizing comment chains after the recent update.
Hi everyone, not sure where to ask this but has anyone else had issues with minimizing comment chains in posts since the last update?
I will minimize a comment chain I have read through, and if I then upvote any other comment in the thread it expands every comment I had previously minimized. Doesn't do anything if I downvotes though. Has anyone else had a similar experience? It's kind of annoying. I like to minimize chains I have read through to make navigating the comments easier as I read through everything.
I use mobile only and have had the same issue on chrome and Firefox.
Not sure where to ask this but wanted to see if people are interested in a food/cooking com?
I want to preface this by saying I know food coms can be a source of strife within a community due to differing opinions on diet and ethics. If we decide it too much of a pain to try something like this then so be it. I have hope we could work things out to reasonably accommodate everyone.
Firstly want to know how many ppl would be interested in that sort of thing? I feel it should be VERY broad in what it covers. Cooking, diet, food pics, news and other information, fermentations, brewing, canning, preserving, etc etc. If it concerns food in some way, then it's valid.
Next thing would be moderation. I like the idea of having the com but I personally don't have a lot of ability to own it. I could maybe help moderate it but I've never modersted stuff before and don't have the confidence to go at it alone. I'm also limited to mobile most of the time. As I am bringing up the idea though I won't shy away from helping and taking some responsibility.
Next would be ground rules. I think any kind of food should be welcome. I mean this as, I think it should be both vegan and non-vegan friendly. I think a few simple ground rules would be:
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If it contains meat then it should be blurred with the NSFW filter. Our vegan and vegetarian comrades that have an ethical reason for not consuming animal products should not be subjected to those images that may be an offense to them. Idk if this should be extended to "non meat but not vegan friendly" items as well? Like dairy and stuff?
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Attacking people for what they eat is not acceptable. Non-vegans will not berate vegans, vegans will not berate non-vegans. Diet discussion, counter points to articles, studies, etc, are general constructive and should be allowed but if you disagree with someone being vegan, vegetarian, or a meat consumer, then leave it as a disagreement.
These are honestly the 2 biggest ones I have seen that can cause issues. Perhaps the only other rule I think we could do is maybe a rule banning gore and to define what entails gore? I don't think many would have issue with saying we shouldn't be having disturbing/graphic content of animals.
Also a though about any recipes being required to list potential allergens up front? Not like, a hard "we will remove the post if" thing but as a general guideline to please try and if you repeatedly don't then maybe posts start getting pulled?
I'd like some community feedback on this stuff. I think it's been discussed before just never gone anywhere? Maybe if we can get stuff squared away we could get a com up and running in due time?
Trigun episode 4 had a pretty based moment.
The setting is this guy talking about his family being work to near death like slaves to turn a land into a farmable area only to be massacred and have it all stolen. The farm just so happens to resemble an American flag.... I never noticed this till I was rewatching with a friend today. We had to pause and just say there like "holy shit."
Weekly exercise thread 31Mar23.
What's up comrades, how has your week gone? Any gripes? Any boasting? Anything you wish to share?
Yes, I am aware I am a day early... but considered the times I was late I figured it was a fair trade off.
Also I wanted to show off my new, in-process, weight plates.
8x 10lbs
2x 15lbs, 30lbs, and 35lbs
Final touch ups will be done with epoxy and BBs to get the final weights more exact but they need to cure for a few weeks to a month before I go doing that.
Weekly exercise thread. 26Mar2023
How's it going comrades? How's the workouts going?
Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. Job searching has me pretty stressed but I'm gonna try and not let that keep us from having the weekly thread moving forward I finally managed to get motivated and lift some this week.
Venting post. Loosing my job because our new CEO is a shitty old boomer that "doesn't believe in remote work."
Basically that. I was hired during COVID as fully remote in an author type position for the supply chain of a manufacturing facility. Took the job because promised remote as I'm not close to the facility. Now, 2 years later, all remote work is ending because some old fuck boomer doesn't like remote work and needs to show how he's the big boy with final say. I live over 2 hours drive away and can't just pick up my life and move. My entire team is one of the most productive groups in our facility and we are about to loose most of it. Not a single aspect of my job requires me to be on sote. Even if I was made an exception due to my location the rest are not. Our department is about to loose ~70% of the workers because so many were hired as remote only. So it wouldn't even be worth staying because of the fallout that is going to go down. Even if I did decide to move with the direction the company is going... Like these fucks don't even have places for people to sit. Literally people don't have their own cubicles. Just sitting at those long folding tables in whatever room they can stuff them... No designated seating. Nothing.
It's fucking stupid. I actually liked my job and my team. I was happy. I was fucking content with my work life for the first time since I started working over a decade ago. And now it's all gone. All because some fuck all piece of old dogshit CEO oligarch fuck needs to power trip. I fucking hate capitalism. I fucking hate these old fuck oligarchs. I fucking hate this dogshit fuck of a country. Someone just end it. I legitimately would rather just the whole US collapse , even if I die in the resulting civil unrest as this shithole tears itself apart, than spend god knows how long trying to claw my way back to something half as decent what what I had finally achieved. At least then I'd have an excuse to just give up. But no, now I'm fucking going into fucking LinkedIn and company sites filling out the same fucking infor 1000 times over while the only thing I get is spammed by 100 fucking contract agencies.
Sorry to ramble on comrades I just....I needed to vent. I know I have it better than a lot of ppl. I probably don't have much of a right to complain... It just... It fucking sucks.
Weekly exercise thread. 03March2023
Good day comrades! How has your exercising been going this week?
I got some paint on my brake disks. Used up some truck bed liner spray on the inside of the disks so I had to finish the outside with a can gray metal spray paint I had laying around. Will probably do a light coat of more liner spray when I get some just to match them up. I'm hoping to get some more like these in the futures and make several sets of 10lb weights to use with dumbbells. I need to move up to 40s soon but if I make them out of solid concrete they'll be almost too big to maneuver properly. lol.
Yellow Parenti Day
Anyone else celebrate April 15th by re-watching the yellow Parenti video? For me it's a very significant day in my life. Not that day specifically but the video itself. It was the first major video I had watched about communism. It's where I threw off any remaining doubts of what I was and was proud to proclaim myself a communist. That lectures was on April 15, 1986 so I decided to always sit back a re-watch that video. This year I am going to try and get a few of my now communist buddies to hang out with and watch it too. Just thought it might be a neat thing to propose it to others. I know many of us done know other communist in their personal life but I know there's some discord groups out there like for the old GenZe sub and stuff.
Just a though I had I I sit here emptying a glass of some homemade wine. Listening to a little yellow man talk about communism for the upteenth time.
Weekly exercise thread. 24Feb2023
What's up comrades? How has your week been going?
I got 2 costs of "seasoning" baked onto my brake disks. Lmao. They don't look pretty but they are dry and protected from rusting for now. Going to paint them this weekend. I know it's silly but I love them. Partially just because of how ridiculous it is. Lol
My next set of weights.
Turning my old rear rotors into weights.
Soak in vinegar to de-rust
Scrub clean, rinse, and dry
Immediately starts to rust because cast iron
Doesn't have paint right now to coat
Thinking of how to prevent further rusting.
Realize...
Cast...
Iron...
Seasons break rotors with peanut oil in oven at 500 degrees F
Weekly exercise thread. 17Feb2023
Good day comrades! Figured I would get the post made earlier in the day today I stead of the usual, forgetting till the last minute. How has your exercising been going this week?
I radicalized my friends and now they are cooler than me.
So I had a buddy I started hanging out with a while back. A friend of one of my other friends. Knew him but never really did much hanging out. Well the original mutual friend turned into a pretty hardcore incel fascist so I broke off contact and one day reached out and other guy had stopped hanging out with him too so we just started chatting and started hanging out.
I slowly started showing the seeds of communism in him. We started talking more and more. He invited me into his discord with a few of his other friends. Over the next several months I got them listening to some left podcasts and the deprogram. They went hardcore into it. I only listen when I walk/jog so I only get through an episode or two a week. I recently got them into more "China not bad, NK not bad, Tiananmen square was a lie" kind of stuff.
I recently was in chat ranting about this older lady I have acquaintance with and how I hate trying to talk to boomers about unions and shit and how I can't really share a lot of my best resources cause as soon as these people here " US bad" they loose their fucking minds. He starts pointing out specific episodes of the Deprogram to listen to to learn how to talk to these people and other, less radical, videos to start people off on... All I could feel was a deep sense of pride. The student has become the master. My job is all but done. There's not really much left to teach them that they won't soon discover themselves. It's... Nice.
That's all comrades. Just wanted to share. Regardless of what else is going on, there are at least a few more communists among us now.