The idea of bailouts for any large corp/bank in the US is bullshit full-stop. The US government’s constant and ruthless attacks on AES and really any other nations that nationalize such large and crucial companies show why bailouts shouldn’t happen. All the companies/banks that were massively bailed out in 2008 (or any other time) didn’t have requirements that money had to be paid back (with or without interest).

We saw how the rich fucks and their bootlickers took that money and enriched themselves while purging real working people and no pay rises for workers that were kept. For a nation that cheerleads how fucking beautiful and superior capitalism and free markets are. The idea of rewarding huge corps for over promising and fucking it up while keeping the barriers up from smaller or new companies is also fucked. It shows that the true final form of capitalism is private for-profit companies removing all functionally meaningful competition and being monopolies.

Which is basically what all cyberpunk dystopian media depicts when showing huge mega-corps that wield the power of nation-states over even the actual nations they operate within. Shit like this is one of the most obvious examples as to why systems like the US can’t actually fix issues and huge depressions caused by big corps. The moment that any private (both publicly and privately traded)/for-profit company is allowed to be labeled as “too big to fail,” it is time for that company to be nationalized and placed under similar control as corps in places like China.

Should also require that the leadership and all board members/major share holders be given death sentences for requiring money that keeps being taken away from public services. And all that is before the crimes of purging workers and giving themselves huge bonuses while workers are paid shit.

The weapons need to go first without question. But I think that the power stuff might realistically be needed badly for us to put as much of a dent as possible into getting fossil fuels out of use on the grids. There are less problematic options that are around (Thorium is the one I have seen), and of course China is doing some major progress towards fusion which would be massively game changing. This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t use renewable options like geothermal, wind, tidal, etc…

But I think the threat of MAD is that main thing that needs to be stopped. The threat of MAD is not effective if a armed nation refuses to take an L if they fuck around and find themselves losing land fast. Israel is currently the big threat for actually using a nuke as they would rather take everyone out as they find out that their military isn’t as good as they claim. They are starting wars on multiple fronts and are not a large (fake) nation. They are also ran by a very similar death cult of hawks that the US has had over various periods (so many mf-ers were wanting to use shit the moment a leftist party gained support anywhere).

Sadly I don’t know how we could actually remove all weapons. As all of the current holders would most certainly keep some hidden. And they would say that it was “needed” because “what if the others don’t actually do it???” headspace.

Aside from the BS of libs non-stop going hard to say that Trump winning will mean fascism and the end of all freedoms. Which makes it very stupid to then act like “voting harder” would be the only correct way to prevent said fascism (it also didn’t stop the south from kicking off war). In addition to lame ass well wishes and showing the real colours of not really believing the threat to freedom.

I am starting to think that the dems and anti-gun republicans are trying to scare conservatives and pro-gun liberals into banning guns. As they would only push for bans if it directly impacts them and their leaders. But is more an idle conspiracy theory thought that I had after seeing the article. Wouldn’t work well if they were doing so, as it would most certainly lead to lots of actual shootouts when state and federal agents attempt to take peoples’ weapons.

They mentioned a woman also self immolated back in December? I didn’t even know about her action! Bushnell being active service and live streaming made it very hard for the major outlets not talk about it (though we did see how much they tried). Nothing but the greatest respect to all martyrs and those currently fighting and surviving!

Seems that if a nation has gotten to the point of needing to send people to a whole different nation due to prison overcrowding. Then it really should be a crucial time to change laws on shit that exist to feed the prison industrial complex. But I am not shocked that the nation that was shipping people to Australia originally for the same reasons is falling back on doing it. Though I am kind of shocked that they aren’t just funding the US complex to build prisons here to send them to.

They are fascists not men or women. They have chosen to abandon humanity of their own free will and have shown that they will murder everyone and everything that isn’t them. Dehumanization is and has been what they believe and forfeit any rights to be allowed to continue.

From what I remember, the lead dev chose to use “he” or “him” in the code comments when referring to how a user would be using something. But then just kept closing requests to simply use a neutral term since a user isn’t defaultly a male. Instead the dev justified keeping the term because changing it to “they” would somehow bring politics into it or something like that.

So he is choosing to just keep low level gender stereotypes about tech being something that guys do and use. Not sure of course if he is much more sexist beyond that, or if he is just picking a weird hill to die on due to maybe feeling “attacked” and therefore leaning into it. There might be other examples that I haven’t seen aside from the situation above.

Would be nice if they also left NATO as part of joining BRICS.

Facts! Though the meme with her almost paints her nonsense as being true instead of the constant lying she does.

The Palestinian resistance groups have been saying very clearly that they welcome support like how Hezbollah, Yemen, Iran, and the Iraqi groups have been providing. But that they do not want other nations sending in troops. That they will be seen as an occupying force and will be treated as one. Though I might be conflating them entering Gaza and West Bank. So maybe the other areas that are “Israel” based on the 1968 maps? Seems like another chance for them to make a stop into PKK areas on the way?

For sure. Would be a big motivator for getting actual shit together and would then mean the next push would be Mars. Though I am hoping that China (with maybe some follow-up missions that include some joint stuff with other socialist nation members) will make it Mars first. Would be a missed chance to have the history books record that “the reds take the red planet” otherwise.

That makes sense, and I do like how it is a two-way street. I can get a feel for them and they can do the same. Thanks!

Was talking with a co-worker the other day about Limbo and INSIDE and how he should play them. Nice to have something similar to try out!

Very sad state of things. But being fair, I think NASA might be able to get at least a small injection of money if they stick to getting people on the moon again. Actually seeing humans land on the moon again would get more people excited about space (no matter which nation(s) end up doing it).

The robots, non-earth orbiting satellites, telescopes, and probes are very great for science but aren’t “exciting” to a lot of people. We always hear about cool ideas about future possible manned missions to moons and planets. But it is always super far off and no real plans that would be anytime soon. We really really need missions that show humans making steps on something.

A rover for future follow-up missions will be needed. But after so many years, just doing dumb human shit like jumping around in low gravity and picking up a few rocks would be effectively the same as if the old landings as far as excitement. Shit like that can be something that humans from all nations can feel some amount of pride.

I have been thinking of joining a party recently to at minimum add an extra member to help build numbers (which matters if a party wants to be seen by normies as “legitimate” and give options). And would hope to further meet more real leftists IRL and help out in whatever ways I can. Has been down to basically CPUSA and PSL. But seeing the CPUSA feeling the need to follow the Dems after the Trump shooting thing (they could have just posted nothing and it would have at least kept some face in the matter). And after the recent purging of a whole chapter for the crime of quietly and without any big show leaving the panel from the Israel party. Along with the added condemnation of that chapter for being out trying to help people and the moment.

It seems that the CPUSA has forgotten that there can’t be a revolution if we just play by the rules made up (and always changed to benefit keeping out third parties) by the two “allowed” parties. Mutual aid and showing deep solidarity with real struggling working and poor people is how we both teach what we really are and about. It is how we learn what does and doesn’t work and how to adapt our efforts in waking people up to the lies. And it is most importantly how we keep our humanity.

Currently it seems that PSL is likely where I will apply for membership. I just need to commit myself to reading their provided information first as I don’t want to waste their or my time applying without knowing the party and programs. Just sad to see that the oldest communist party in the US fall into the same regressions that the USSR lost their way in by allowing the capitalists to dictate what is and isn’t acceptable. And the CPUSA hasn’t even had the benefit of being in power. At least the USSR actually had a revolution and made giant leaps for humanity and the people.

And somehow it is Huawei’s 5G or other shit that is somehow going to “take down our infrastructure” or whatever. Though I guess it is a compliment in a way. Means that China has reached a point that is “too close” to being equal to whatever the US has (which is still being made in the Taiwan province).

The over-reliance on making so many weapons basically self-automated instead of actually needing humans further magnifies how little lives matter and how much more profits do. Yet we have seen historically many times over how these over-hyped systems/weapons sold at higher and higher costs are made pointless by real humans with “dumb” systems/weapons. Look at the NVA/Viet Cong, Iraqi resistance, Taliban, PKK, and so many other “less advanced” fighters were able to show how all the tech didn’t matter. The “advanced” shit is all made to supposedly fight “modern battlefields” that we haven’t really seen be reality. Even the actual military leaders over the years have admitted as much.

All the “modern” shit just makes it easier to remove the humanity of conflict. It is much easier to kill lots of people if done through the eyes of a computer. Not to mention the false sense of assumed victory by some default. If we did see these “modern” wars with all sides using the shit the Military Industrial Complex hypes up so much. Then we would just see just mass destruction and death caused by computers fighting computers. Pretty sure nukes would be used really quick too.

The ROK has been at least trying to play things smart with regards to keeping much cooler heads than the US over the past 8yrs. Even if things have regressed on their end, I think that they aren’t likely to push for making their own nukes. The DPRK knows that having them and using them are two very different things. Having them means the US and ROK can’t just attack out of nowhere without a real fucking response. But using them means that it would likely lead to all nuclear nations unloading. As far as Japan is concerned, they are one of the most anti-nuke nations period given that they are the only nation to have seen the results and horror.

The US so far seems to have the most trigger happy assholes that default to “just nuke 'em and no more issues” for just about every geopolitical issue ever since we used them. So far we have lucked out that the presidents that were overseeing the initial push to build so many of them woke up to the death cult of war hawks. The others either saw that if the US were to use them first, then it would mean we would lose the war of optics. Or they happened to be in charge while less tension on that level was going on.

And of course Reagan literally seems to have only learned how truly horrible and fucked shit would be after watching a made for TV movie about the horrors of a post-nuclear war world would be like. Better than nothing but it really pisses me off how so many US leaders both A: acted like the USSR couldn’t possibly be upping their shit based on real fear of the US just doing what we keep doing in just attacking/invading other nations. And B: honestly just seem to think that it is okay for US to put them everywhere but any other nation doing so is “acts of aggression.”

CEOs need to be taken out and any and all parachute deals they signed should be voided if they harm (mentally and/or physically) workers. And that should mean that when shit like Boeing happens where many more lives are also impacted (many even sadly paying). Then that CEO should be executed and so should the other C letter titles AND the entire board of major shareholders (and best believe the lawmakers that took money from them also should catch that fate).

The legal charges that would also be brought by the cops/legal system would be the real punishment likely (depending on the state and whatnot). The school doesn’t really need to do anything, and I am guessing it is more a fallback or show of denouncing someone. Though I agree that it is odd that they don’t outright expel given the nature of the other examples given. Maybe it has to do with being a public school or something? Or maybe suspension until after the legal results? Idk.

I think they are slightly playing up the “assault rifles” bit though, as I imagine that the same suspension would be applied to any long rifle or shotgun (maybe even pistols tbh). I agree with the overall point of drawing attention to how incorrect the punishments are being applied to the pro-Palestine protestors. As shit is very very different from someone or a group of people showing up armed to a school campus. As I imagine the people more likely to jump to doing that would most certainly be the pro-Israel no matter what crowd. Though it might be getting to the point of pro-Palestine/anti-genocide folks having protection. At minimum access off campus. As the right most certainly does, and would likely be following people home.