cricbuzz
joined 2 years ago
a lot of people that call themselves leftists just adopt “capitalism bad and culturally underdeveloped people good” as their core principle and go from there instead of reading the books
Honestly, (aside from the racist framing) if you follow these rules you'll probably be on the correct side of history 99% of the time
shidding and pissing liberals: they aren't offended by the name we're calling them, what should we do?!
meanwhile, tankies 
ehhhh i hate when engineers get blamed for this kinda thing tbh. i know plenty of engineers and i'm sure even the tesla ones told executives this would be a problem and were probably hand-waved away due to costs
I'd recommend "Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend" by Domenico Losurdo.
In it, Losudro brings up the 'thornier' parts of Stalin's history and contextualizes those moments in history. To me, he does a convincing job of explaining all of the 'Great Man' myths we hear about Stalin, and that so much of these unexamined anecdotes just lived on as myths/legends about the man.
I believe he has a few chapters about work camps and explains and contextualizes them in a nuanced way. Really enlightening book and I think it would answer some of the questions you might have about Stalin.
budget Tom Wolfe
I wasn't quite sure where to put this so figured it may get some visibility here.
The ICC has opened up a portal for people to submit evidence of Israeli war crimes. Yes the ICC is a paper tiger and lib, but having internationally documented and recognized evidence of Israeli war crimes is a good thing. I know we have this thread documenting their war crimes but if there happen to be any Palestinians lurking here and/or witnesses to these crimes, this may be an opportunity for you to officially submit your evidence of Israeli war crimes.
I'm seeing some back and forth on Twitter about who can/should submit so I'm just deferring to what @JFAorg is urging on Twitter (just Palestinian families so as to not clog the submissions with wrong/ill-formatted data). But maybe that will change? Also, I don't know if Justice for All is a legit org.
Direct Submission Link on the ICC site: https://otplink.icc-cpi.int/
Video about submitting evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZjHgYto83s
Justice for All Submission Link: https://www.justiceforall.org/icc-submissions/
It should be noted that the ICC is different from ICJ (where South Africa is planning to submit a claim of genocide). AFAIK, ICC is people vs states and ICJ is states vs states. Anyone else have any thoughts or anything to add?
same goes with rollercoaster tycoon. there is a site where you can get it for free (not sketchy) and all expansions n such
I started following Lis Smith on twitter during the campaign to laugh at her and 
every now and then i see her posts, get infuriated, and forget to unfollow her. she's the biggest lib
supply-side economics fails to explain this annoying little oddity though: https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-the-us/
also, we need to think about the types of housing being built and where. enough with the unaffordable 5 story buildings with no public transit nearby
I've definitely seen videos on the PalestineResist Telegram channel of destroyed Merkavas being dragged by Israeli tractors/vehicles because they've been neutralized. Can't find atm