yup that’s what I mean
I mean that communist system demonstrably results in far better education, and stronger checks and balances than capitalism. Communist countries focus on building infrastructure such as schools and housing, and make education free for everyone. Meanwhile, public ownership of the means of production means wealth isn’t concentrated in the hands of the few. This precludes the problem such as oligarchs owning media and then manipulating public opinion in their own interest. Hope that clears things up for you.
That’s literally how capitalism has always worked. People who own capital exploit those who do not and are forced to sell themselves as wage slaves. That’s how surplus capital is created.
All these things happen far more naturally under communism because systemic pressures favor these things.
Of course they are, oligarchs are a necessary product of the system operating over time because capitalism is fundamentally designed to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few.
They prevent homeless from sleeping on the benches.
it is if you’re born rich
Inequality absolutely needs to be eliminated to have a truly equitable society. That said though, it’s pretty clear that China does have a dictatorship of the proletariat in place. If it didn’t then same things we see happening in capitalist societies would be happening there as well.
just Keir Stormer things
I wonder if the chuds running media fact bias check are going to update the bias on all the publications that are now known to be US propaganda outlets. 🤔
Europe’s looming loss of the US security umbrella exposes a web of existential vulnerabilities, none of which can be resolved quickly or painlessly. The sheer scale of rebuilding self-sufficiency is a decades-long overhaul with no guarantee of success.
First problem is that Europe imports 60% of its energy, with natural gas prices already inflated by post-Ukraine war sanctions and the loss of Russian pipelines. Transitioning to domestic renewables or reviving nuclear power would require trillions in infrastructure investment into grids, storage, and reactors. As a concrete example, Germany’s Energiewende, launched in 2010, has only reduced fossil fuel use by 15%. Additionally, solar infrastructure relies on lithium and cobalt dominated by China. Without access to cheap energy, Europe faces either energy rationing or permanent deindustrialization as factories relocate to cheaper markets.
Having outsourced its military-industrial capacity to the US, Europe now has to rebuild domestic arms production. Doing so requires massive investments in establishing supply chains and retooling of civilian sectors. However, decades of offshoring has eroded existing technical expertise in Europe. Just training a new generation of engineers and machinists could take a whole generation. Furthermore, creating self-sufficient supply chains is a difficult process with many steps, each step depending on the previous one. A single bottleneck, such as missing rare-earth refinery, can derail entire sectors for years.
Another problem is that Europe lacks domestic access to steel, titanium, and rare earths, forcing further reliance on external suppliers like China. Even if Europe started today, it would take decades to see tangible results, and that’s assuming political unity holds.
The EU member states disagree on everything from debt sharing to defense priorities. Eastern Europe demands immediate rearmament, Germany resists militarization, and France pushes for strategic autonomy. Meanwhile, nationalist parties are gaining ground, threatening to fragment the bloc further. Even if consensus emerged, funding this transition would require further cutting social programs, which is political suicide in countries already reeling from inflation and austerity.
Europe’s security crisis is a slow-motion collapse. There are no shortcuts to untangling energy dependency, reviving industry, or forging supply chains. By the time Europe might achieve autonomy, economic and geopolitical forces might make the whole EU project obsolete. The US security guarantee was a crutch, and now Europe finds that it must learn to walk on its own.
The funny part about all this is that the notion that Russia would militarily occupy Europe has always been a pure fantasy. However, what’s absolutely certain is that Russia will exploit the political chaos in Europe caused by collapsing living standards, a crisis Europe itself created. In a twist straight out of Greek tragedy, Europe’s fear of Russian domination has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. By cutting itself off from cheap Russian energy, Europe gutted its own economy, triggering a steep decline in living standards and leaving the neoliberal political center teetering on the edge.
Now, nationalist parties are surging across the EU with RN in France and AfD in Germany are leading the charge. These two nations are the pillars of the EU, and if they turn inwards, the entire bloc will collapse. Meanwhile, countries that choose to normalize relations with Russia stands to reap immediate material benefits, making it all too easy for Russia to sway politics across Europe. There’s no need for Russia to physically invade Europe at this point.
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I read it as profit maximization is a perverse incentive that doesn’t achieve what people promoting capitalism claim.
Indeed, most of the US media is incredibly formulaic nowadays.
I generally agree with all that, although I’d say that NATO lost their proxy war.
It’s a herculean task to create the sort of military industry Russia or US have. Aside from supply chains, there’s energy production, factories, workers, engineers that would be needed to spin up such industry. It’s a decades long process. Either European leaders have absolutely no clue how modern industry works or they’re just cynically lying to European public.
Nowhere did I suggest that the government narrative is the truth. In fact, I explicitly pointed out that the government changes the narrative to facilitate the policy it wants to pursue. The reason peace is being discussed is because republicans wants to pivot to Asia. Had democrats won, they would’ve doubled down on keeping the war going. I very much agree that partitioning of Ukraine after the war is a very likely scenario.
Why does there need to be a point to it all. We exist, and we can set our own goals and create our own purpose in life. That’s what self determination is. Personally, I find happiness in doing things that I find meaningful or interesting.
gets reeducated, reappears as a productive member of society