B-b-b-but we have to teach the big mean Russians a lesson! /s

It seems like there’s some evidence building to suggest this is the case though, no? I think he is far from someone who would argue that the US wouldn’t go to war without being manipulated, but in this case there’s ample reason to believe Trump is under Israel’s thumb

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit as well. It seems like the most likely way that any kind of revolutionary movement would come to fruition in the US, as a countrywide revolution seems many levels more difficult.

Seeing CHAZ in Seattle during the BLM protests planted the seed in my head, specifically in the case of a Cascadia-type state. It would be a difficult split though to be sure, the USA would have a lot to lose to a breakaway state and I’m sure would put up a fight against it. If US imperialism is weakened enough and spread thin in conflicts elsewhere in the world, it could be a moment of opportunity for such a movement if proper organization is in place.

I also wonder if as US empire declines, and turns inward, if capitalist infighting will lead to some level of balkanization anyway.

Don’t worry, openAI will develop AGI any day now and we’ll be saved! 🤡

The dems especially at the highest levels are some of the most fanatical warhawks in American politics. Just look at Hillary Clinton, she is practically frothing at the mouth over attacking Iran.

I am always impressed by the discipline and geopolitical awareness of the Palestinian resistance. They have studied history and imperialism and understand it very well, where many other nations and factions of resistance have faultered.

They absolutely must never disarm.

I was a liberal and the Gaza genocide is definitely the catalyst that made me become first anti-imperialist and then fully communist. Seeing the horrendous lies from the west about what was happening and slandering the Palestinian resistance spurred me to seek out alternative sources of political information, which in turn led me to Michael Parenti. From there I became more open to the USSR and AES, thanks to his lectures and black shirts and Reds.

I think you’re right about the marketing audience angle. Even all the christian nationalists who were pissed about Bad Bunny’s inclusion still watched the Super Bowl, just not the half time show. The NFL gets the best of both worlds this way vs. having a halftime performer that appeals to the crowd who is already watching the Super Bowl for the football anyway.

The way American’s talk about regime change is so insane. Random people with little to no geopolitical knowledge and absolutely no political experience, will flippantly say, “This is a great opportunity for regime change in Iran, we can’t pass this up.” Or, “I would love to see the Cuban regime toppled.”

They talk as if they are strategizing military generals, in on the plan. Like bro, you are just some random American, how would any of this even benefit you?

Having a reasonable conversation on the topic can feel like a Sisyphean task.

There’s a pretty stark contrast in the complete cognitive-block people from my parent’s generation have, vs Gen Z. I think the fact that we’re growing up in a post-USSR world really influences that. We weren’t exposed to the same propaganda around communism as our parents, and with social media, have seen the lies of the empire more directly exposed than ever.

Really great to see such unanimous action, this is exactly how a boycott can make an impact.

What I think is also notable here is Dr Abdel-Fatta has taken a lot of public flack for sharing the details of a so-called “dox” of the J.E.W.I.S.H creatives and academics group. This was a WhatsApp group that organized with the purpose of defaming and ruining people who spoke out against Israel after launching its genocide following Oct. 7th.

In particular, they organized to pressure the ABC to fire Antoinette Lattouf due to her criticisms of Israel, but specifically due to her questioning the veracity of captioning on a video of protesters in Sydney, indicating a chant of “Gas the jews.” Well to no one’s surprise, even the police acknowledged that the protesters were not shouting gas the jews, and Lattouf was proven correct.

But apparently exposing a malicious, organized harassment group, looking to ruin people’s careers for practicing basic journalism is antisemitism…

I really anticipate the EU will simply hand over Greenland in the end. There will be much hand wringing and statements decrying the situation between then and now, but the political leaders of Europe are miserable US Bootlickers. The mega corporations that run Europe will never allow a real schism between them and the US to form.

In my experience, the only things that were significantly covered past that were: The Holocaust (I read maybe near 10 books on the subject, far more than on any other topic), a very white-washed version of the civil rights movement where we really only talked vaguely about segregation and MLK Jr., and 9/11.

Absolutely, my experience is very similar. It’s pretty stark how much more vague history we were taught became covering anything more recent than WWII. Granted, everything before that was heavily skewed to the American Imperialist perspective anyway, but we at least went more in-depth in events that happened. I could tell you more about the start of WWI than any details about any post-WWII war coming out of high school.

Learning about the Jeju island massacre was the root for me breaking away from the western propaganda around the DPRK. To be honest though, as an American, we really weren’t taught about the Korean war at all. We covered the Vietnam war, pretty much just the domestic situation, focusing especially on the presidents, but completely glossed over the Korean war. It was basically a footnote in our curriculum.

The Varoufakis Effect

losing touch with reality

Zelensky, and the other European leaders, have been out of touch with reality for quite some time now I’m afraid lol

While not directly related to impacts from the fall of the USSR, Endless Holocausts by David Michael Smith is an excellent and very thorough book detailing the massive amounts of deaths caused by the USA both internally and externally. It’s a great counter to the claim that communism kills millions of people, while capitalism doesn’t.