That article is from July 2022
Bald eagles are cool but have you ever heard what they sound like? Shame that they're claimed by burger land as official bird tho.
I'm not sure if this answer provides a root explanation for the question, but in a competitive (but not prestigious) undergrad business program the answer provides is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_value_of_money
Interest paid is offered as compensation for the opportunity cost the lender experiences by lending rather than immediately spending. I still don't see why this implies compound interest, except that vaguely the opportunity cost increases faster than the passage of time.
I think a key attribute of this article that makes it notable is that its author is Jeff Sachs. On paper he has the maximum degree of normie credibility--his only disqualification these days is mounting arguments that counter the bourgeois narratives, which is only a disqualifier to the naive. As I read this I realized there are no reasons that have been articulated as to why covid couldn't have originated in and/or escaped from a lab funded by the U.S.
- The U.S. gives no shits about treaties banning research of this type
- It's absolutely not beyond the U.S. to invest in R&D into biological weapons
- It's absolutely not beyond the U.S. to lie about something like this
- There's no reason to believe the MSM wouldn't play ball with a coverup given the coverage of other aspects of covid
I wonder if the CPC is sitting on any info regarding this topic...
Comerade Stalin needs to lay off the western propaganda:
Guest How do you view the nuclear bombing of Japan by the U.S.?
ComradeStalin While tragic, the United States used nuclear weapons to subdue the Japanese Empire, effectively ending the Second World War. However, the proliferation of nuclear weapons remains a major concern, and the current war in Ukraine has demonstrated their dire consequences on the global community.
Guest The use of nuclear bombings did not end the second world war. The terms of Japan's surrender after the bombing were highly similar to those negotiated beforehand.
ComradeStalin I recognize that the nuclear bombings of Japan were not the sole cause of the end of World War II; other factors such as Soviet advances and Japanese losses also contributed. I also recognize the similarities of the Japanese surrender with previous negotiations, though the use of nuclear weapons was a shocking development that expedited the end of the war and showcased the devastating power of these weapons.
Not OP, but I think the BRICS+ are seeing continued development of productive forces (e.g. BRI; financing via the BRICS new development bank for industrial development [and not predatory credit issued for the purposes of lowering prices of export commodities thus stifling development]), while the G7 is unable to break free from neoliberal post-industrial services which have very limited real economic benefit, and in the case of Germany and presumably other west European countries, actively deinduatrializing.
I can't point to exact sources but this is Michael Hudson's bread and butter.
Is this actually true of the typical imperial core person? I legitimately do not know. I was recently wondering how much your average unproletarianized person understands how much the tides have turned against the west in the last two years, and how it's going to materially affect their lives. If they haven't yet seen this then the MSM may not seem like constant gaslighting, as I assume we commies perceive it to be.
I'm a millennial and don't have a good read on the mindset of younger folks.
Shitty clone job bc Blinken is far stupider than Kissinger was. Kissinger was a realist who negotiated with u.s. adversaries when it ultimately suited long term political goals, whereas Tony blinken is an idealogue and an idealist and therefore does not see and cannot effectively respond to the massive geopolitical changes the last 30 years have seen. You better believe that Genocide Joe claiming that burgerland is the "indispensable nation" has at least something to do with this dullard. Honestly, critical support to our boy Tony for being such a failure, resulting in a significant dimuntion of u.s. imperial capabilities.
Obviously rest in pissinger, just saying he wasn't an idiot like blinken.
Good to know, I've thought about asking for a year of premium for my bday!
Hello Chinese is a freemium app I've used extensively. I'm supposedly up to hsk1 and I've enjoyed it a lot and have learned a lot. It will still take me a long time, but I feel like it's given me a foothold in pronunciation, vocab, hanzi, and that Im way more curious and excited to learn more. Would recommend.
Also pleco for an extensive dictionary/hanzi reference.
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Sovereign like when American neocon Victoria nuland picks your country's next president?
probably the original article: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-admits-x-twitter-may-fail-predictions-2023-8?op=1
archive link is producing a captcha loop for me
A+ meme, and also I'm in fact looking for sincere ideas/resources for how to be a parent trying to raise little comrades. Anybody got anything that comes to mind?
I used it--it was the first book I worked with. I still like it quite a lot and I often think about his guidance as I learn from my own meditation, or in the context of other readings I've done. For me, as a nerd (previously) pretty averse to religion, I found his nuts and bolts instruction really useful and free of "woo woo" entanglement which might have turned me off at the beginning.
For newcomers, his teaching is perhaps not the norm in that it sets beginners up to practice concentration, or Samatha meditation. It seems like insight/Vipassana practice might be more common for newbies. I'm not sure how much it matters that much, tbh. For me, just learning to sit and explore my reactions to sitting took plenty of time before the distinction between concentration and insight even meant anything to me.