It probably depends where you look, but I feel the most rational voices have largely left reddit. There's oasises here or there, but worldnews sure isn't going to be one.
I haven't looked at reddit for a long while, but I feel that being banned from worldnews was practically a rite of passage for leftists using reddit. I am not remotely surprised that they would be consistent about taking the worst stance possible.
He seems geared to be as subservient to Israeli and US interests as humanly possible. If there is one thing the US is good at, it is expediating states that want to prostate themselves like that.
The only possible obstacle I have heard is that their parlimentary body is pretty opposed to him and could be a roadblock to things like adopting the USD as the national currency.
That has always been China's position regarding exporting ideology. They've generally been of the mind that every state needs to come to their own revolution. It's a reason they are always so explicit about "Socialism with Chinese characteristics".
While part of me does selfishly wish there were states a bit more proactive about facilitating socialism, the position makes absolute sense. If we look at the AES states today, none of them have exactly the same structures in place. I don't think Chinese socialism would work in Cuba, or Cuban socialism in Vietnam.
I organise as well as I am able to help bring about "socialism with Japanese characteristics", and hopefully we get there someday. I believe all states will, if not necessarily in our own lifetimes.
President Xi being extremely eloquent and mature, it is always great to see somebody with a firm grasp of politics and international relations making statements.
On the other hand, Biden literally calls him a dictator the second his back is turned.
I hope there are people who take President Xi's words to heart in the US government, because the leadership sure as hell isn't.
On the offchance you are open to learning, please read "On Authority". It is readily available online and is practically the length of a brochure.
Anything longer than a headline tends to exceed the average lib's attention span, but there are always those rare folks that can be convinced. Go ahead, own a tankie and prove me wrong.
What a funny coincidence that Pomepo got this position solely due to merit of being the most qualified person for the job while also having advocated for increased donations to the very country that ended up hiring him.
I used to be that way back school, I ended up procrastining so much that I write my entire grad school thesis in the last two-three months of my final year. I got it done, and done surprisingly well, but it was a miserable experience.
I have since learned myself better, and I know that when I have a task that pops into my head just to do it immediately. "Oh, I will do it at X time later today" isn't going to happen, and I know now I am just lying to myself if I try to do that. If I get started right away, I have no real issue finishing it.
Personally, things like "to-do" lists are just an excuse to not do things right away for me, so I don't typically use them outside of a "waiting to hear back from another person" type of pending task. I just do everything as soon as I possibly can; it has the weird effect of me having a lot of idle time at work now because I tend to finish things very early on.
Superfest! I have a Superfest beer mug actually. They aren't absolutely unbreakable if you were trying, but they are impervious to pretty much any accidental damage.
The capitalist story was that it was an "innovation of necessity" because people couldn't afford "normal" glasses. In reality it was just part of the GDR's philosophy of making the best products they could as locally as possible while reducing waste. They were thin and lightweight but extremely durable. The science involved in making them is a fun read.
As you might suspect, the idea of an affordable glass that didn't need to be replaced didn't sell well in capitalist circles and the technology was abandoned after reunification and the plant dismantled to make sure no competitors tried to use it.
It's one of my go-to examples anytime someone tries to bring up that capitalism fosters innovation, when in reality it does exactly the opposite.
EDIT: It doesn't look like Superfest specifically, but I imagine there were similar design principles in play.
The DoD pays out some compensation and everyone moves on.
Because we are such nice obedient dogs to the US, we didn't even get that much. Just a "sincere apology" for dropping helicopter parts on elementary school students.
When a marine murdered a local, all that happened was a temporary ban on occupying military being allowed to drink alcohol. Which didn't work anyway.
Sounds like the Mediterranean Sea is a Hamas sympathizer, US is going to launch an anti-sea operation in the near future.
it is another stark reminder that the brave men and women who defend our great nation put their lives on the line each and every day to keep our country safe.
What, praytell, were they doing in the Mediterranean that had anything to do with keeping the US safe? I am going to go out on a limb and guess absolutely fuckall given that it is a minimum of 6,000 km from the US.
Rakuten is our big local competitor, and I think they have an international presence.
They aren't a whole lot better than Amazon though. They're actually bigger than Amazon locally last I checked.
I do get some encouragement seeing things like this, or the students protesting who didn't back down even when their future careers were threatened.
The fact that they saw through the incredibly biased framing of the question especially.
"said they side with the terrorist group that just earlier this month purposefully targeted and slaughtered innocent civilians.". There's not even the hint of trying to be journalists anymore with them.
It probably depends where you look, but I feel the most rational voices have largely left reddit. There's oasises here or there, but worldnews sure isn't going to be one.