how old are these people you know?

but they usually don’t want the GDR back as a whole because of all the negative aspects.

Negative aspects like?

know enough people? what were the conditions? You’re bullshitting.

I think it’s related to the DSA sub-faction of the Democrats in Amerika. Zohran Mamdani has showed his ass that he is a zionist who had been repeatedly siding with “Israel” and his statements have been giving a lot of bluesky libs energy to attack any Palestinians or pro-Palestinians for being “anti-semitic”

If Europeans aren’t rabidly racist against Muslims then they return to their default state; rabid racism against Romani people.

comments on a post about immigrants fleeing to Europe, and every single top comment (with hundreds of upvotes) was the most vile racist shit.

r/europe ?

I browse r/slaythespire or some other games I play sometimes but even then it’s barely much. I used to click on r/all and such back then but yeah it’s basically dead to me.

I am not sure what I could consider myself before becoming ML. Closer to liberalism? Socdem? It wasn’t really anything particular but Trump’s presidency definitely exposed the contradictions that helped me realize that Western “democracy” does not work the way we are constantly taught how it does.

There’s my realization how I reacted to pro-China as “tankie” which also made me have an introspection and examine why I reacted that way after Trump’s administration. When I discovered a documentary(Loyal citizens of Pyongyang) about DPRK and the horrible history that was never taught, how the US and the UN/NATO committed genocide and the horrible sanctions as collective punishment for not obeying the US empire that’s when it really affected me.

Posting that documentary on a supposed leftist forum and the chauvinistic reaction, the “yellow peril” and how justified the actions against DPRK were for them and being labeled as a Tankie, how they don’t tolerate Marxist-Leninists pushed me to… Marxism-Leninism so there’s something great from that.

I remember being in a class for immigrants where the majority were Muslims and when we were graduating from that class they all brought a bunch of snacks/cake and soda and anyone who even looked inside to see what was going on were forced to join the celebration. (forced in a joking way, it was a lot of fun)

I’ve also had a lot of co-workers who were Muslims and they were always the nicest and most engaged with being friends. Even years after I quit the job they still remember me and are happy to talk with me, mind you I am a socially awkward and autistic person.

Basically Islam is just a religion like any other and the hate they endure is incredibly distressing and sad.

The disregard for actually existing socialist states by the compatible left is what bothers me the most. They are usually always in western countries and are therefore in favour of the status quo whether directly or indirectly.

DPRK has not attacked or invaded other countries. This can’t even be charitably considered a comparison because the U.S Empire has killed millions and induced suffering for centuries now.

Thank you, I agree on the environment having an importance. From this thread, I will start by actively making notes and if possible, try reading it away from electronics. (If I manage to either get the books physically or get a laptop)

A ruler might be a good idea, I have a bunch of books in .pdf formats. Are there any good software that is good for reading these? On a desktop.

That’s a good idea of doing it. I’ll try doing that.

Yes I do… hmm…

What are some good practices when reading? When I read, it takes a while. I’ve had times where I read a page up to 3-4 times before registering it and I don’t know why. I feel like I am not doing something right.

gonna vote blue and then things will be back to normal! (for us) - liberals

Thank you for the link, it’s helpful. Small question, is the link in the 15th source cited source broken? It keeps refreshing for me.

So-called “tankies” are supposedly “authoritarian” but imperialists don’t blink an eye when the empire justifies another aggressive and unprovoked military operation in a country thousands of miles away, when it coups other countries, when it puts sanctions on another country that result in the deaths of its citizens, and so on.

It was doubly frustrating because one person who took GREAT offense to the video, who also linked to wikipedia articles like the kidnapping of a Japanese director or the Malaysia assassination in 2017. When disputed on this, I was not allowed to talk about it because I was “some white dude in Iceland” and they however, was a child of a refugee from the Vietnam war(southern region I think?) and that there’s generational trauma that somehow gives them higher authority on the opinion of this entire conversation. Who then proceeded to defend imperialism while at the same time saying they have issues with US imperialism. What am I to think about this? It was very confusing. Said person was American too.

I wasn’t sure what to think of it myself, because well. I am not oppressed, I am white and living within the imperial core is a status of privilege no matter how well I am actually doing in life. Still though, that whole interaction still bothers me. Is it wrong?

ProleWiki has a good article on that here: https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Imperialism#Chinese_“imperialism”

I also read https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Essay:State_Capital_vs._Finance_Capital:_Why_China_is_not_--_and_Cannot_Become_--_an_Imperial_Hegemon which I thought was a very good essay.

Thank you!! I think so too! After having lurked for a bit and seeing how people talk here, it’s very interesting since in other places it ends in a lot of name calling and bans.