If AES countries aren't a good enough example for you, then such a blueprint does not exist. I'm not sure why it would though. Was the ascendancy of capitalism over feudalism driven a meticulously detailed blueprint for the new world to come?
I've noticed this pattern forming as well as election season picks up and Ukraine turns into a stalemate. Can you elaborate at all on why this fight is happening though? Who are the winners and losers if there's a pivot away from focusing on Europe to focusing on China?
But then still, why invest so much into it? Surely many of those companies would rather pocket the extra profits than spending it on some kind of elaborate political theater performance. But they all play ball, they all invest in their own little cadres of corrupt officials, so there must be something to be gained from these little political battles beyond just a conspiracy to hoodwink the working class.
I think that's more to the core of my question though, if democrats represent tech, entertainment, etc. and republicans represent manufacturing, agriculture, etc., what are the contentious economic policies that cause that split?
As much as I personally enjoy fictional post-apocalyptic wastelands (Mad Max, Fallout, etc.), I do find the whole genre a bit problematic because it often seems to function to reinforce the idea that humans are inherently violent, greedy, and incapable of non-opportunistic cooperation. I've even seen Lemmygrad posters speak as if Mad Max represents a realistic vision of a potential future for humanity.
I'm like 99% sure that's the entire quote, why would there be anything else? Fruit goes bad sometimes, it just happens, nothing you can do about it but move on with your life. Much like our society.
Yes, but my point is more that it can be dealt with, it's a relic of the old world that doesn't have to survive. A demand for excessive plastic surgery and genetically pure babies are not likely to be a thing, long-term, in a socialist society.
Maybe I misunderstood the OP, but I guess I'm trying to say that socialism itself - insofar as it abolishes the old systems of capitalism and inequality - already is the solution for most of those problems, I don't think outlandish medical procedures and genetic engineering for the masses need to be part of the conversation.
Like you said, reconciliation and understanding.
Edit: to be clear I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment, I think I probably should have replied to the thread instead of to your comment.
I challenge the idea that "discrimination based on attractiveness and height" would necessarily be a thing in a socialist society. Is the socialist state going to be rigorously maintaining and pushing western beauty standards once the profit motives and corporations that currently do so are gone? Why would it do so? What does the proletariat have to gain by dividing and fracturing itself according to arbitrary standards of appearance?
Standards of beauty are a cultural thing, and culture is malleable. If the material motivations for classifying and discriminating against groups of people are gone, then any remaining remnants of dangerous and discriminatory ideology should be substantially easier to isolate and combat.
If the collapse happened (whatever that even means), it wouldn't be like Mad Max because Mad Max is a movie, it's not real. This ideology that individual humans are by nature violent and constantly on the brink of murdering each other all the time has no real basis in science or history that I know of. It does, however, provide a nice excuse for why communism can never work and why you need cops with assault rifles at Wal-Mart.
TikTok's algorithm gives different people wildly different results. I watch and like about 80% videos of animals and 20% absurd comedy sketches, and that's what TikTok continues to recommend to me. If you're watching and engaging with stupid liberal bullshit, it's probably going to show you more of that.
Don't forget the goal of increasing European dependence on the USA for energy too. A lot of the work is done but maintaining the rift between Russia and the NATO countries is probably a lot easier if those countries are actively supporting a proxy war.
The extent to which the industry part of the military industrial complex has been hollowed out and replaced with nothing but grift is pretty astounding. I can't imagine the US could hope to fight a real multi-year war like Vietnam or Korea ever again. It kind of seems like if your military could survive the initial "shock and awe" campaign now, then you could just kind of hold the line while the US helplessly bleeds out.
Overall, Kusti Salm, a senior Estonian defense ministry official, estimated that Russia’s current ammunition production is seven times greater than that of the West.
Russia’s production costs are also far lower than the West’s, in part because Moscow is sacrificing safety and quality in its effort to build weapons more cheaply, Mr. Salm said. For instance, it costs a Western country $5,000 to $6,000 to make a 155-millimeter artillery round, whereas it costs Russia about $600 to produce a comparable 152-millimeter artillery shell, he said.
A US-based media article is claiming that Russia can produce seven times the ammunition at something like one tenth the cost. That's insane if true. I knew Russia was putting up big production numbers, but that big? If that's even close to correct then the idea that the AFU could ever push Russia out by force is utterly delusional now.
Do you know how to say "hello" in French? Then replace the n with an r and add "sie" to the end and you've got it! Borjoursie!
What is going on with the text in this image? It was clearly replaced very haphazardly, is it an automated translation or something?
If AES countries aren't a good enough example for you, then such a blueprint does not exist. I'm not sure why it would though. Was the ascendancy of capitalism over feudalism driven a meticulously detailed blueprint for the new world to come?
I've noticed this pattern forming as well as election season picks up and Ukraine turns into a stalemate. Can you elaborate at all on why this fight is happening though? Who are the winners and losers if there's a pivot away from focusing on Europe to focusing on China?
But then still, why invest so much into it? Surely many of those companies would rather pocket the extra profits than spending it on some kind of elaborate political theater performance. But they all play ball, they all invest in their own little cadres of corrupt officials, so there must be something to be gained from these little political battles beyond just a conspiracy to hoodwink the working class.
I think that's more to the core of my question though, if democrats represent tech, entertainment, etc. and republicans represent manufacturing, agriculture, etc., what are the contentious economic policies that cause that split?
Every time some old lib dies I hope it'll be the rule of threes that will finally claim Kissinger.
As much as I personally enjoy fictional post-apocalyptic wastelands (Mad Max, Fallout, etc.), I do find the whole genre a bit problematic because it often seems to function to reinforce the idea that humans are inherently violent, greedy, and incapable of non-opportunistic cooperation. I've even seen Lemmygrad posters speak as if Mad Max represents a realistic vision of a potential future for humanity.
I'm like 99% sure that's the entire quote, why would there be anything else? Fruit goes bad sometimes, it just happens, nothing you can do about it but move on with your life. Much like our society.
April 20th, 2069.
Yes, but my point is more that it can be dealt with, it's a relic of the old world that doesn't have to survive. A demand for excessive plastic surgery and genetically pure babies are not likely to be a thing, long-term, in a socialist society.
Maybe I misunderstood the OP, but I guess I'm trying to say that socialism itself - insofar as it abolishes the old systems of capitalism and inequality - already is the solution for most of those problems, I don't think outlandish medical procedures and genetic engineering for the masses need to be part of the conversation.
Like you said, reconciliation and understanding.
Edit: to be clear I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment, I think I probably should have replied to the thread instead of to your comment.
It's just a few bad apples!
I challenge the idea that "discrimination based on attractiveness and height" would necessarily be a thing in a socialist society. Is the socialist state going to be rigorously maintaining and pushing western beauty standards once the profit motives and corporations that currently do so are gone? Why would it do so? What does the proletariat have to gain by dividing and fracturing itself according to arbitrary standards of appearance?
Standards of beauty are a cultural thing, and culture is malleable. If the material motivations for classifying and discriminating against groups of people are gone, then any remaining remnants of dangerous and discriminatory ideology should be substantially easier to isolate and combat.
If the collapse happened (whatever that even means), it wouldn't be like Mad Max because Mad Max is a movie, it's not real. This ideology that individual humans are by nature violent and constantly on the brink of murdering each other all the time has no real basis in science or history that I know of. It does, however, provide a nice excuse for why communism can never work and why you need cops with assault rifles at Wal-Mart.
Someone beat me to it.
TikTok's algorithm gives different people wildly different results. I watch and like about 80% videos of animals and 20% absurd comedy sketches, and that's what TikTok continues to recommend to me. If you're watching and engaging with stupid liberal bullshit, it's probably going to show you more of that.
Don't forget the goal of increasing European dependence on the USA for energy too. A lot of the work is done but maintaining the rift between Russia and the NATO countries is probably a lot easier if those countries are actively supporting a proxy war.
"One bad apple isn't a big deal. The rest of the apples are fine." - George Washington, probably
The extent to which the industry part of the military industrial complex has been hollowed out and replaced with nothing but grift is pretty astounding. I can't imagine the US could hope to fight a real multi-year war like Vietnam or Korea ever again. It kind of seems like if your military could survive the initial "shock and awe" campaign now, then you could just kind of hold the line while the US helplessly bleeds out.
A US-based media article is claiming that Russia can produce seven times the ammunition at something like one tenth the cost. That's insane if true. I knew Russia was putting up big production numbers, but that big? If that's even close to correct then the idea that the AFU could ever push Russia out by force is utterly delusional now.
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