King_Simp

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[–] King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I...do I have to specify capital L and lowercase l liberal everytime I post?

My point is that they're fine with genuine anti-semetic fascists while also acting like anyone against Israel just hates jews (also for some extra points, how many liberals talk about how anti semetic Stalin was, supposedly)

[–] King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 month ago

I'm not disagreeing?

 

Also does Emperor of the Fading Suns count? It came out in the 90s but it also recently got a steam release last year soooo?

 

1.What was the class structure of medieval/early modern merchant republics? Were they Bourgeois states, like the Netherlands for instance? If not what were they?

2.What was with the selection of NKVD chiefs? Even if we discount some of what the Krushchevites charged Beria with, he still wasn't great and was very opportunistic after Stalin's death. So three bad chiefs in a row is...not a good track record, especially since other offices (like commissar of foreign affairs being held by Molotov) weren't plagued by this

3.If human technological progress just stopped at some point, would the relations of production remain the same or no? I.e, if things like the steam engine were never invented and made factories more efficient, would it have been possible to have a dominant proletariat class? What about advances in agriculture and such? [Ignoring how changes such as this were extremely unlikely].

  1. Has there ever been an example of the Feudal mode of production being restored? I know a dictatorship of the aristocracy has been restored before, in France for instance after the fall of Napoleon, but the mode of production remained somewhat similar as some reforms during the revolution were kept since reversing them would be impossible. [I am comparing this to the fall of the Eastern Bloc, where the capitalist mode of production was restored]

5.How did Laos and Vietnam remain socialist while Cambodia and Mongolia went through a capitalist restoration?

 

Honestly I haven't been able to get a read on trump's plans for Ukraine since he was inaugurated. I had assumed he was going to cut his losses but he's remained on the course (with increased concessions, like the mineral deal). Trump also doesn't play well when at a disadvantage, at least from what I've seen.

There's also Europe and ukraine itself obviously. Europe has been pretty compliant on a lot of other issues, but Ukraine is a big red line for them. I doubt Europe would be able to supply ukraine on its own, but I wonder if a complete capitulation by Trump would create enough tension to break something. Also were the recent anti-corruption protests a fluke or do they hint at a possible wider discontent in the country that could spark into something larger, even after the conflict ends?

I would guess that Putin wouldn't have accepted to come without gaining something, and I doubt PR would be the only thing.

[–] King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well there's not a lot of options, since most of the screen has a black background.