“Look at me! I’m one of the good ones!”

It pains me to say it, this century is indeed China’s century. Unless World War 3 happens if Thucydides’ trap is indeed the law of nature/ jungle.

I had several issues using teams on browsers before so I felt compelled to use Windows for the app. But I admit that I never tried using it on Chromium so I will try next time.

I am on Linux and never looking back to Windows (except if I have to use Microsoft Teams for interviews).

the necessity of employing state power against literal fascists, landlords, capitalists, sabateurs, etc, then you’re implicitly making the point that we should let these groups run free for a sense of greater “freedom,”

Firstly, fascists came much later as response to the growth of communist movements. Communism did not start to prevent fascists, it’s the other way around, not that I am condoning the latter but this is simply the historical truth.

Second, Marxist Leninist communists killed even other different flavour of communists. A famous example were the Kronstadt sailors who simply wanted actual horizontal distribution of power like free and fair electione, and actual worker-run businesses. Instead, the Marxist-Leninist Bolsheviks killed them in the name of “vanguardism”, ie to maintain state power that you just invoked. The state power is merely the centralisation of power and authority for the few.

In reality, communists become so because of disaffections with present capitalist systems, and seek answers from Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc. The fact that some party members are opportunists doesn’t make that a fact of communism.

Yes, yes, theory, theory and all that; but that doesn’t ignore the fact that empirical realities negate the idealism that communism purport to espouse. Going back to Bertrand Russell’s quote: it quite literally is a veiled attempt to grab power. Actions and end results must comply with idealism but alas, that didn’t happen even in communism.

why one would deliberately praise any authoritarian system this hard.

To quote Bertrand Russell: “Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.”

To put it simply, a lot of tankies crave power but just don’t want to admit. They are simply faux concerning for their own ulterior motive. I saw a meme from one of the .ml instances stating that communism simply “wants to improve” society. But I was like: didn’t you guys suppress free elections and speech and persecuted anyone who simply disagrees at the slightest?

It’s not uncommon for many authoritarian communists to eventually become fascists, especially after the end of the Cold War. The ex-leader of Red Army faction became neo-fascist in 2000s. A local politician in my country ran on xenophobic platform, but was a member of a Marxist-Leninist party in the 1970s. All that said, it means these people simply run on whatever ideologies, so long as they can attain power for power’s sake.

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Yup, he knows. Berkshire Hathaway has already invested 5% in US Treasuries, and the company has record number of cash parked, waiting to be deployed when the stock market crashes and buying opportunity presents.

The majority of Polish kids in my old school are unbelievably good with computers. My friend’s dad is also a self-taught electronic and IT specialist.

Now, I am really curious as to why so many Poles are tech wiz. I know GOG’s DRM-free philosophy is influenced by communism, but I can’t see how communism influenced many Poles to be good with IT as well.

Me: Come on, pop already. There are funds betting on AI bubble burst, ready for me to invest in.

Nvidia has competitive edge. They won’t go bankrupt but they they will undermined heavily when the AI bubble pops.

As a normie, I love Bazzite because it’s as intuitive as Microsoft without the intrusive and monopolistic proprietary features, and Bazzite is also built for gaming.

Unless we live in a one-world government, the default set up is the Thucydides trap where one state tends to dominate.

Who’s going to dominate trade? Cos people are hoping it won’t be an authoritarian state like China.

This is why tech giants want to dissolve governments and the regulatory agencies.

A lot of countries are increasingly overreaching with privacy. There is global-wide coordination going on that we haven’t seen since the leftist international during Cold War, but this time it’s coming from the right.

I told you I will switch to Graphene OS, you don’t have to sell it to me.

You can try to be ethical under capitalism, but it will be almost impossible.

Injustice Gods Among Us if it’s still available!

Steam reviews are comedy gold.

Original Sin 2 I mean