commiewithoutorgans [he/him, comrade/them] @ commiewithoutorgans @hexbear.net

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You have two maximums/minimums possible with the given data:

250thousand followers are following 3.3 million content creators each

Or

(3.3million x 250thousand) followers each follow 1 content creator

The last one is more than the total number of English speakers, by far, in the world.

There is no inflection point on this linear regression. So, if neither extreme is sensible, it would be astonishing if some value between was.

If you take the number of English speakers and divide it by 2 (so assuming half of all English speaking people are contributing to this phenomenon), then they are each, on average, following 1200 content creators.

Following 1200 people is hard, even when they are people you know. This is nonsense

I'm not gonna point at every point on the line, but you can just try any amount you think.

There are also, of course, combinations of different amount of followers. Where 1 person makes up for 4 by following 4,600, but the number is so absurdly large that it can really only be accounted for by bots or lying, or a combo

That's what they said, you can divide the amount of creators followed per person by any number and multiply the people which are doing the following by that same number to get a valid option based on the data given. But at no point is that set of numbers not absurd.

Now taking bots into account is an interesting one, but idk if there's THAT many bots out there

Take care of yourself, comrade.

One must stay posting, it cannot be otherwise

Timing is interesting, but I also think that China has every incentive to make this lasting. I'm no expert, so please some chime in if I'm missing something, but I'll stake my bet in that China sees its own interests entirely aligned with ending that border disagreement. It only costs resources to maintain the status quo and the benefits of peace are much larger for the state and people.

I agree that it sounded exactly like a conscious attempt to spread anti-Semitism, but I think that both the cultural phenomenon and the inability to realize that it's a terrible thing that shouldn't be done arise from the same material pressures. Namely, they arise due to settler colonialism and the way that one must relate to indigenous people to do it.

But I'm open to Israel doing this consciously. Is there any leaked doc or admitted strategy of spreading anti-Semitism? Or is it just something that seems obvious based on actions (like this)? Because I think that the system of propaganda is just advanced, and nobody is intentionally making it function how it does. It just works because the media and culture conmect in this way which has material benefits to settler colonialism more broadly.

Did I say anywhere that it's anti-Semitism to hate Zionists?

I think you're very wrong in the last paragraph. Jewish people are already seen by anti-Zionists without material analysis as less trustworthy due to being Jewish. Anti-Semitism against Jews will rise as the crimes done in their name (by an entity claiming to represent all Jews) are more clear and discussed. Maybe that will be limited in the western countries supporting due to the coming systemic pushback against making any critique of Israel broader (to avoid settler colonialism as a cause, so it'll be said that only Netanyahu was evil) but this is not universal. The people who care know the material facts and how to understand ethnicity, nationality, religion, etc. But they aren't the ones who we are worried about

I think that it is not any intentional 4D chess propaganda or so from any party, personally.

The first I heard of it was an Israeli describing it as just a cultural interest on TikTok, so like the fun "you know the Irish have 10 words for draft beer?" kind of thing. But then it's spread is likely because everyone seems to have a buy-in. For anti-Zionists, it's a clear description of a cultural phenomenon related to the hubris and destructiveness of Zionism. For anti-Semites, it's pretty clearly playing into the tropes they have long believed about Jews. For Zionists, it's a description of how wise and uncompromising Israel is in the face of worse "pallywood" and bullshit like that

All groups have an active role in the spreading, because it plays on all fronts perfectly. But it's a mistake for anti-Zionists because such a thing is immaterial as a cause, settler colonialism is the cause of both this cultural phenomenon and the genocide being committed.

I get the feeling that the "Freyer" discourse (word which basically means the person taken advantage of) is the beginning of the anti-Semitism which will definitely be terrible once this genocide is ended and the Zionists are forced to flee. And it's the fault of the Zionist settler-colony that this will happen.

Sorry if I'm changing the subject away from the Palestinians themselves (whose suffering immensely eclipses that of anti-jewish sentiments right now, of course), but seeing the comments on Twitter about this concept gave me an insight into the form that the anti-jewish sentiment will be (again) in the future.

Ok very clear! I was just a bit worried that I did not understand how these tanks work or something lol

All good, my mistake! Thanks for being real

Is there a reason you think it only slightly injured soldiers? Tanks are thought but that looks more like a complete loss sort of explosion

Already downloaded it and put it on my e-book, comrade! شكراً!

I instinctively glanced at this, saw AI slop, and scrolled past hurriedly to avoid letting any information get into my head from it.

Then I though "wtf, hexbear doesn't have ads?" and came back to say it's a shitty ad

Thanks for your contribution

Oh hell yeah, been looking to practice some Arabic reading skills.

Make this a post somewhere, it's a good analysis that I think deserves feedback in its own thread. I'm not an expert on this stuff and so can't challenge it, but I think it deserves some good challenge to sharpen it into a real article or something.

I came away not understanding anything about why China acted how they did and was disappointed. I had hoped there would be more explicit reference to what seemed like a history of Vietnamese dominance over Cambodians, which can explain some more. But that seemed to only be mentioned in like episode 1 or 2 then not repeated when relevant. But I honestly checked out part way while listening so I am open to correction

What's that thing where you can't tell if someone is serious or not? I'm having that, because this is sort of true?

I think the DPRK probably has some internal contradictions that I don't understand contributing to their society in a negative way, but the sanctions and (so far) endless war and aggression against them is most of the reason for everything we see from the outside looking in. Is that the Rose-tinted glasses? Or are the libs the ones claiming that (and are wrong)?

Yeah, I shouldn't have said "now" because they've both been developing for a long time.

Roderic Day once again correct despite the pushback received: the Anti-Chinese position is Anti-Semitism with a new ethnicity. Problems inherent to a system blamed on a group which is simultaneously too dumb and unbelievably smart, too weak but immensely powerful, and nowhere specific but EVERYWHERE all the time.

Now with the added bonus of the Anti-Arab position also being similarly formed with slightly different content

(added later) And may I add: a group of people which inconveniently has interests disaligned with the current ruling class position