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Afterlife Присоединился Eylül 2014
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Pingu
Pingu@pingu_pinguping·
@owenjonesjourno @jazzscribe @benryanwriter @Woke_Ass_Person "...caused by entirely avoidable disastrous economic policies"... Those economic polices were those of the very USSR that you lament. Yeah it was avoidable, if the Bolsheviks didn't impose a dictatorship and expand their Empire.
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Andrew Gilbert
Andrew Gilbert@jazzscribe·
@owenjonesjourno @benryanwriter @Woke_Ass_Person The only bad faith here is yours, Owen, assuming with all the arrogance of the central planners that you have the answers for unwinding a totalitarian empire so it glides softly into peace and prosperity.
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Vladislav Mashirenko
Vladislav Mashirenko@mashirenko7·
> The Soviet collapse led to... No, that's not what «the Soviet collapse led to». That what Soviet model led to, as it was ineffective and finally collapsed due to its ineffectiveness. So if you want to point out the reason of the crisis (or whatever you calls it), you should blame not the «Soviet collapse» but the Soviet model and Soviet policy. Here's a good joke. A farmer rushes to the village veterinarian: — Doc, my chickens are dying! Already lost five!» The vet says: — Tie a blue ribbon on each chicken's right wing. Next day the farmer returns: — Still dying! Lost ten more!» Vet: — Okay, now tie a red ribbon on the left wing. The day after: — Another ten dead! Vet thinks and says: — Tie a green bow on every neck and take photos. Farmer comes back crying: —All my chickens are dead! Vet sighs: — Damn it... and I still had so many brilliant ideas left!
Owen Jones@owenjonesjourno

You're either dishonest, or you have no interest in actual substance. Either way, you're a bad journalist. Piker said: “The fall of the USSR was one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century.” This is nothing like "the greatest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century". Because you have no interest in engaging in good faith with what someone you disagree with thinks, you may go HUR HUR SAME DIFFERENCE! But it isn't, is it? Because for a start, your formulation would mean that Piker said that the fall of the Soviet Union was a bigger geopolitical disaster than, say, World War II. Which would be an insane thing to say. He didn't say "geopolitical", which Putin for example did, a formulation which shows no interest in actual lives. The Soviet collapse led to millions of excess deaths, a collapse in life expectancy, the biggest peacetime industrialised economic collapse ever, mass impoverishment, gangsterism, mass theft by the oligarchs, violent conflict, a kleptocratic dictatorship - we could go on. Nobody serious is saying the Soviet model was workable or defensible! But the Soviet collapse - rather than a transition to something a) democratic and b) not neo-liberal - was an obvious catastrophe, and it is insane given the facts to suggest otherwise.

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Stelios Panagiotou
Stelios Panagiotou@Panagiotou90St·
Communists in theory want the end of man's domination of man. In practice, they want absolute power to dominate others. Spoiler alert: whatever they promise you when they are asking you to support their dictatorship, the state won't wither away.
Rock Chartrand🤑@RockChartrand

Communism isn’t an escape from a burdensome state, it’s the state escaping limits. It removes constraints like property rights and decentralization, concentrates power, and then answers to no one. What’s framed as liberation for the people becomes insulation for the government.

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WaspsWax™
WaspsWax™@WaxWasps·
@RTSG_Main How capitalist was Russia in 1917? Weren't most of the rich people hereditary aristocracy with the poor living basically in feudalism?
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Steve Burston
Steve Burston@BurstonSteven·
At the time of the revolution Russia had a weak bourgeoisie and massive peasantry, contrary to the kind of society that Marx predicted would be necessary for revolution. It had small pockets of capitalism but nothing remotely like Britain or Germany. It's a good job Lenin saved Russia from that though or things might have been bad. 🙄
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jonny hopkins
jonny hopkins@mnrube17·
@AP Because leftist lunatics pushed to reduce herds because they honestly believe cow farts will destroy the planet. Total whack jobs!
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Coddled Affluent Professional
Coddled Affluent Professional@feelsdesperate·
Zohran’s wife’s income was <$10k last year that she made as a graphic designer. All these people are malevolent creatives and theater kids supported in NYC by their affluent parents. The stereotypes are absolutely true.
Jeff Coltin@JCColtin

Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his 2025 tax return to be viewed by reporters. He made $131,296 from his Assembly salary, plus $1,643 in royalties - presumably from his rap career. His wife reported an income of $8,234 as a graphic designer. Story to come as we dig in.

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Rothmus 🏴
Rothmus 🏴@Rothmus·
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Klara
Klara@klara_sjo·
The godless beast enjoys its wretched meal
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Reddit Lies
Reddit Lies@reddit_lies·
In 2023, a child was removed from class for having a gadsen flag and doge patch on his backpack. In 2026, socialist Redditors smugly claim a comic depicting this was a "made up scenario" They lie like they breathe.
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Jon Stokes
Jon Stokes@JDStokes79·
@bidetmarxman That's not "a core contradiction of capitalism," it's something economic illiterates say because they think it sounds clever and don't see the facepalms from everyone who passed at least a semester of university level economics.
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Rock Chartrand🤑
Rock Chartrand🤑@RockChartrand·
‘My enemies hate me, so I must be right’ is just tribal logic. That’s like saying, ‘the other mafia family hates me, so my family must be good.’ Opposition isn’t proof of virtue. It just means you have rivals. If your argument depends on who hates you instead of what you stand for, you don’t have a principle, you just have a team.
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Rock Chartrand🤑
Rock Chartrand🤑@RockChartrand·
‘My enemies hate me, so I must be right’ is just tribal logic. That’s like saying, ‘the other mafia family hates me, so my family must be good.’ Opposition isn’t proof of virtue. It just means you have rivals. If your argument depends on who hates you instead of what you stand for, you don’t have a principle, you just have a team.
Tom Steyer@TomSteyer

If Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and PG&E are all against me, I must be doing something right.

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Ina Minayo イナミナヨ
Ina Minayo イナミナヨ@LadyInaMinayo·
@RTSG_Main You mean a crime he actually committed or a crime that you admit he committed? Cuz those are two different things.
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