/siberia/ - Off-topic

>>775910
but why?

i thought all militaires bar their grunts from eating fast food to keep them in shape, is the local afghan/arab food and their MREs that bad? is the burger that digestible?

any synthwave enjoyers in the house? shame i like the tunes

the visuals are quintessentially burger, retro burgers

Minions always serve the most evil

>>778026
and where did they go to by 1947 and 48 appearantly

>>778020
Same guys

>>777831
>These concessions were only allowed to happen due to the USSR and other popular republics
A risible notion if you're vaguely familiar with the chronology of the welfare state.
Did Lloyd George create unemployment and old age pensions before ww1 in response to the USSR? Did the British Empire really fear a social revolution in New Zealand more acutely than in Britain itself? If not, why did New Zealand - the most middle class little country in existence - go for a welfare state before Britain did? Why did retrenchment of the welfare state begin in the 1970s and 1980s when the USSR still existed, often slowing down in the 1990s after the USSR collapsed. Why, indeed, did the bourgeoisie launch open class warfare in the same decades (restricting trade union activity etc) if the existence of the USSR was such a bulwark against such a move?

One of the worst tendencies of so-called communists is this facile attitude that every improvement that's ever come about must be attributed directly to their favorite dead states and every regression must be attributed to the passing of those states. Nothing in Marxist theory necessitates this childish mindset, it's entirely a vibes-based phenomenon.

>>777836
The Manifesto isn't toilet paper, come on, the first chapter outline their conception of history pretty well, and has some bangers, though it's not as good as the first chapter of the German Ideology, and Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. The other chapters of the Manifesto aren't as relevant today though.
Otherwise you are right, some knowledge of Capital is absolutely necessary (or at the very least Wage Labour and Capital) to really understand what Marx was getting at. I didn't read it in its entirety, but the first (value) and fourth chapters (M-C-M') are essential and completely changed the way I think about capitalism, so I think even only reading these two is fine.
The second chapter is good but somewhat outdated (money isn't a commodity anymore) and the third chapter…I honestly got filtered, it's a slog to go through and I didn't understand the point. I gave up somewhere during the next few chapters, one day I will pick it up again.

>>777854

• Abolished the Soviets (workers' councils) that formed during the February Revolution.
  
• Nipped in the bud the most ambitious avant-garde art movement worldwide and replaced it with kitsch "socialist realism" art after 1928.
  
• Stalin purging all the Old Bolsheviks and killing good thinkers like Isaak Ilyich Rubin, while sparing opportunists
  
• Brezhnev stopping the program of reduction of labour time (the goal was to reach a 32 hour workweek) started under Khrushchev, and making the economy stagnant, setting the stage for the future collapse
  
• And perhaps but I'm not too familiar with this period, the War in Afghanistan, which precipitated the terminal decline of the USSR.
  
  

The USSR did some good things, but they did plenty of mistakes. Defending it blindly won't bring it back and won't help us understand what a new 21th century socialist movement should do in order to change the world for the better.

>>777857
>We can tell
It's not a very good look for self-proclaimed Marxists when an anarchist know Marx's theory better than you.

>>777866
I thought the author of GMIL was a woman?
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Why wouldn't geography effect politics?

If something political happened around electricity, would that not be electropolitics?

i think we should make up even more arbitrary reasons to dismiss other people's ideas out of hand

does she have that the limited edition vatican fumo?

Sociopolitics is more a shallow term
Geopolitics is more sensible since it relates to political systems related to natural resources and borders

SEX with old hag anime elf

I didn't have any dreams tonight.

went hiking

oh shit I remember thinking it will be fun to post here but I completely forgot

i had a dream where i started a new job. but they talked behind my back saying i was cringe like that haz guy on the internet. how tf did they hear about the ACP ?

I was out in the wilds and met a pheasant like bird but it was light blue and grey.

cartoon séxo

>>777602
I wouldn’t say that this is the “best” adult joke in a kids show but it is definitely the most fucked up, the worst part is that they never even call the police and they just leave the walrus to be raped by the horse…
YOU SHOULDN’T PUT THIS IN AN ADULT CARTOON LET ALONE A KIDS ONE!!!

>>777707
I never said that

Remember when Hal got caught stealing diapers at the supermarket and had to work off the cost, eventually starting a communist revolution?
Or when he started a pirate radio station talking about how the government is keeping the man down?

>>777587
Whoops

I dont get it.

>>777638
There's no real joke. Just Lum honestly.

my 'rents just died in a car crash

>>777961
grim

>>777427
The Nietzsche quote shows why your ideology is dead. Demigods don't exist.

Anything that directs the spotlight & attention away from and detracts from ultraroyalism/absolute monarchy & the DPRK mantra of the country being a familiy (which is probably the chief example of the kind of sentiment I want with my project) – has my blood broiling like a wolf.

Graceposter doesn't want rule by a priestly clique supported by metaphysics or ultraclericalism–but something akin DPRK-style cult of personality and particularly a strong emphasis on one ruler–wants ultraroyalism more.
It isn't that complicated, but always falls on deaf ears anyways.
It is an extremely niche, acquired taste most don't get or see any appeal to, so… I can't speak much for anyone else, let alone the other e-monarchists.
TBH, DPRK is closest to that kind of sentiment.

Normalfags wouldn't get it.

Do you think it is wrong for neurotypical actors to play Autistic Characters?
As an Autistic person my self as a kid I thought it was the Autistic version of blackface but I have since loosened my condemnation depending on the support needs of the character and the tactfulness of the Character.

>>777619
I mean, without rainman, autism wouldn't be as well known as a condition today. Yeah, Dustin Hoffman plays a very specific type of savant, that doesn't really align with most autistic people, but those savants do exist in real life and I think he did a fine job.

>>777864
What the fuck?

>>777819
There's another way. You can more easily become The Self-Loathing Man of Inaction (30s).

>>777819
>mercilessly excise them from your brain.
how

>>777777
Checking…

Checked

>>777826
the method for successfully dealing with that depends on the person but usually comes down to varying degrees and kinds of self-abuse

>>777609
You didn't give up until you commit suicide

Really, Americans, allow them this power because they're the only ones who can stop and/or destabilize this order of things.

>>777568
mmmmm OH MRS ANONYMOUS RIGHT THERE

>>777556
By realizing that animals are even worse than humans.

https://benthams.substack.com/p/against-biodiversity

>For example, there’s an organism called the new world screwworm that that lays magots in the flesh of their victims, causing almost incomprehensible amounts of agony as the maggots eat their way out from the inside. These worms also tend to live pretty short lives of intense suffering. So when we got rid of the new world screwworm in north America—ridding the continent of a miserable animal that reproduces by torturing other animals—I think that was a great thing!

>>777577
Life seems like a scam..

To overcome misanthropy, you must shift your perspective from viewing humanity as a monolith to seeing individuals as complex products of their circumstances. While misanthropy often serves as a protective shield against disappointment, it can lead to chronic isolation and stress. [1, 2, 3]
## Structural & Philosophical Shifts

* Materialist Analysis: Ground yourself in the belief that people are products of their material conditions. If society is structured for competition and selfishness, individuals will reflect that. This can transform individual "hatred" into a systemic critique.
* Hanlon’s Razor: Practice never attributing to malice what can be explained by ignorance or simple human limitation. Many people aren't acting out of a desire to be "bad" but are operating within their own cognitive or emotional limits.
* Avoid "Splitting": Avoid the defense mechanism of seeing the world in strictly "black or white" terms. Human behavior is a vast spectrum of grey. [2, 4, 5, 6]
*

## Practical Strategies

* Find "The Helpers": Follow the advice of Mr. Rogers and "look for the helpers". Even in disasters or dark political climates, there are always doctors, volunteers, and neighbors working for the collective good.
* Cognitive Reframing: Use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to challenge negative thought patterns. When a cynical thought arises—like assuming a stranger is selfish—consciously consider alternative, more neutral explanations for their behavior.
* Curated Connections: Minimize contact with "toxic" social feeds and seek out communities that align with your values. Finding a small "found family" of peers who share your world-view can alleviate the sense of total alienation.
* Practice Micro-Kindness: Set small daily goals to be "the change". Sincere compliments or small acts of service can provide positive feedback loops, reminding you that others are also capable of kindness. [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
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