The unions are part of the top legislative body.
I've met so many people who think that interacting with other humans online is dystopian and dehumanizing and nothing like 'real' interaction, while also thinking that to read a book is to experience a deeply intimate connection to the author on a spiritual and intellectual level.
It just so happens that under Russian rule, Russian rulers will be making profit instead of Ukrainian rulers.
I think we're missing a couple of nuances here, no? Although it's a stretch to call them nuance. The way Ukrainian rulers have been making money has been through privatization. And because there's so much privatization we need to look at who owns Ukraine's economy. It's only escalated since Russia invaded, with national assets being sold off to foreign private sectors so cheaply that one has to wonder why they did it when the gains are a drop in the bucket compared to the direct aid they've been getting from Western public sectors.
If Ukraine emerges from this conflict with its own sovereignty, it'll be sovereignty over a flag, a presidential palace and a state framework that protects foreign companies' investments from hungry Ukrainians.
How could you walk away with a different interpretation?
With a great deal of obstinance and a determination to reach the conclusion you intended to reach going in. Monolectical Idealism™.
He does that at home already so there was no cosplay challenge
This only applies to olympic athletes because they're the only ones strong enough to get out and push the rocket
I love his PFP. He's getting photobombed by a bush. It's such a conspicuous and cynical affectation.
This doesn't surprise me.
He missed with the Xinjiang 'genocide' as well.
Missing is human, but he's such a dick about it and to my knowledge he never acknowledged how fucking stupid he was about Xinjiang - and I doubt he will about this as well.
I love you, Ireland.
$4 million is kinda embarrassing considering white dude earning privilege
That tweet made the same day that Hamas and Fatah are reconciling in Beijing.
Problem is, voting is none of those things because it is totally ineffectual.
It's worse than that: voting for the dems acts against meaningful change: no one votes for 3rd options, so 3rd options never develop any potential, so no one votes for 3rd options. So they queue up to kiss either cheek of the same ass and say there was nothing they could do.
Voting 3rd party or not voting are far, far better than this stubborn nonsense.
My most frequent blunder in Victoria 3 is trying to rush the proles into power way too early instead of focusing on economic development and fostering the proper conditions for their rise.
I would say 'unproductive skinner box' rather than 'meaningless skinner box'. But that's most hobbies.
Russia doesn't need to do that. Burgerlanders already experience it through the magical way they render themselves blind to their government's behaviour unless it's projected onto China or Russia. Like how Trump is a Russian asset and China is turning Cuba into a staging ground for an invasion.
Especially when the user experience is constantly guiding users who don't know better to do exactly that
Imagine it getting to the point where they have to ask Russia to send a Soyuz up there, or China to send a Shenzhou*. I have a feeling they'd rather de-orbit the ISS with two corpses on board.
*Wolf Amendment
The new update (which allows foreign investment and overhauls the way private/state ownership is modeled) makes a lot of older video guides confusing.
I think the best way of learning things is by breaking things. And it's fun.
Build buildings that use input goods that are expensive on your market, and see what happens. Spam build new logging industry even when lumber is already cheap. Attempt to pass laws where the game warns you that you'll radicalize certain interest groups. Fuck around and find out.
At any point if you feel you've sufficiently fucked up, open the game menu and choose to change countries, and proceed to fuck up a different great power.
You can genuinely learn the game mechanics this way. No training wheels, just crash lots.
I wrote this song about a year ago while on tour in Australia, and then promptly forgot about it. But now that banning TikTok is back in the news with a vengeance, I revised "Ballad of the TikTok Ban" a bit, and made a slightly better recording of it this morning in my living room studio.
David Rovics moving quickly again
When you decide if he gets your critical support, the transphobia accusation is 100% legit.
But the stuff I hear about him not being socialist, grifting, opportunism... the man has held the same positions on Western Imperialism and worker's rights consistently since the 70s. Demonstrably so. Loudly so.
This was a lecture given to foreign teachers, in English, by Miriam Lau - former member of the Legislative Council (Hong Kong's legislative branch of government) and former member of the National People's Congress.
The context of this lecture is that teachers in Hong Kong must now pass an exam showing sufficient understanding of the National Security Laws and its implementation, in order to apply for new jobs.
Note that Miriam Lau is not a Marxist-Leninist or Communist. She's a Pro-Beijing Conservative Liberal, and a solicitor (although there were a lot of snarky liberals in the audience that had no idea who she was and just assumed she was a Commie). However, there's a lot of useful information here for debunking the accusations libs make that the NSL destroys Hong Kong's freedoms.
One thing I learned from this lecture is that the Court of Final Appeal (HK's highest court) has the power of final adjudication in HK. You can't take your case to a higher court after the CFA makes a ruling. It's like if California didn't answer to the Supreme Court, had its own "Supreme Court of California" instead, and didn't have any nationality requirements for its judges apart from the Chief Justice, with most of the judges being foreigners. Compare that to any autonomous territory in any other country.
Part 1 - The Constitution, The Basic Law, and One Country Two Systems
S02E03
Just sharing this info because it feels good to see it acknowledged.
edit: removed a spoiler because apparently the spoiler tags don't hide the text when the post appears in lists
He started out as a comedian and satirical columnist in Hong Kong. As tensions in the city rose in 2019 he became outspokenly pro-China, pro-Socialism and pro-Community, and still managed to keep a cheerful, humorous vibe in all his work.
Unfortunately it didn't spawn Marx or Engels :( I think I triggered it too late. Or just unlucky.
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I have the original project file for this if anyone wants to improve the subtitles
> History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.
- Churchill
> I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.
- Stalin
I've known of both of these quotes for some time but it never occured to me how much they complement one another.
We've seen the truth steadily eroding Churchill's reputation as his conduct during the Bengal famine (among so many other things) becomes more mainstream knowledge.
Cathartic to see it happening.
