/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

If imperialism is the primary contradiction, and it is possible for capitalist countries to not be imperialist (ex. Iran, Russia), then doesn't that make socialist revolution unnecessary to guarantee global peace and prosperity?

This thread is dedicated to our uyghur comrades assuring us the path to energy transition, as stated by the IEA
>The world will almost completely rely on China for the supply of key building blocks for solar panel production through 2025. Based on manufacturing capacity under construction, China’s share of global polysilicon, ingot and wafer production will soon reach almost 95%. Today, China’s Xinjiang province accounts for 40% global polysilicon manufacturing. Moreover, one out of every seven panels produced worldwide is manufactured by a single facility.
https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/d2ee601d-6b1a-4cd2-a0e8-db02dc64332c/SpecialReportonSolarPVGlobalSupplyChains.pdf

As for the news, Europe's current heatwave is described as 'the most extreme event ever seen in European climatology' by Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera (see picrel)
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/4/2145284/-Europe-s-heatwave-is-the-most-extreme-event-ever-seen-in-European-climatology

Recent IPCC reports on climate change:
<Physical Science Basis
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_FullReport_small.pdf
<Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6/wg2/IPCC_AR6_WGII_FullReport.pdf
<Mitigation of Climate Change
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_FullReport.pdf
Synthesis report is coming in march.
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>2008 crisis
>US government bails out "too big to fail" banks from tax payer money
>rest of the world feels the instability and suffers with the US's failure, due to interconnected markets
>China saves some countries (e.g. Brazil, India) by increasing imports from them

<2023 crisis
<the rest of the world bails out the US government & banks
<on the global scale this crisis will cause unprecedented destruction when finally shit hits the fan
<China literally saves the entire world economy (or more precisely, the parts of the world econ. not relying on it to the utmost yet)

AUKUS hegemony literally crumbling before our eyes, comrades. Please raise your red wines, and cheer with Xi Jinping!

I watched the doc back in 2022, recently revisited it so see if it was as frustrating and weird as I remember. And well… because it won an Oscar and libs of EU & U.S. are praising it…

In January 25, 2022 premiering at Sundance Film Festival it won the Audience Award in US Documentary.
Also bloody CNN was involved in making of it.

People are so amazed by this doc. So surface-level hollywoody-invested writing stuff on a film like "The phone call scene is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen." (Letterboxd's second top "review" of a film) and "At the very least, Daniel Roher’s “Navalny” hinges on one of the most remarkable moments I’ve ever seen in a documentary." (third top).

Also some people on Letterboxd call Navalny a 'revolutionary'…?! Like waht the acual fuck. What U.S. imperialist politics does to people's brain. Basically "he good, cause he's anti-Putin"… What disugusted me about this doc is that there's no sincere moment of pressing titular figure on his rethorics, white-supremacist-ish remarks, hinting at allying with nazis, russian alt-right to overthrow Putin… It's a fucking campaign video. Not a documentary. It's not an investigation or journalism. It's an unchallenging presentation "Navalny is a good guy! But we won't bring any of his bad sides or even put him to try answer them. NOW BE TOUCHED!" campaign spot stretched as 'DOC'. It's frustrating to me that people take THIS as "a good, better side". While they should see past the facade and demand better, demand humane people, demand self-critique, demand actual pro-democracy, pro-working class politicians…!

Let me know what you think about it comrades!

Oh yes, we're going there. This man makes liberals seethe, makes Egyptologists and archeologists angry, and is absolutely and most definitely out to shake up this world and change things. He actually explicitly says he is against governments and that it is time to move to a different form of society where if there is a "government" it has a very limited role. He talks about unity, equality. He is often complaining about the profit motive, to me that sounds like communism to me, or some would say ACID COMMUNISM.

Why are liberal academics and the science establishment Egyptologists and archaeologists so against even considering his theories? Because it would totally shake up the liberal worldview of us being the peak of human achievement and the status quo being the best society we could possibly achieve. Not to mention that a lost civilisation gives credence to historical materialism. According to liberals, if we have learned these ideas and society organisation, it'd be impossible to forget it. But historical materialism says that the type of society that emerges is dependent on the mode of production, or rather the relationships in the modes of production. So if an advanced, lost civilisation existed, and we "unlearned" all those things, it makes sense in the context of HistMat, but not liberal ideology.

Furthermore, Hancock says that those from the lost civilisation who survived the cataclysm that happened around 12.500 years ago, went out to different parts of the world and taught the hunter gatherers they found agriculture, astronomy, engineering, math, etc. and had them produce large monuments using these techniques. Thus it wasn't just the ideas they transfered, but they transformed their societies from the ground up, focusing on construction and production of surplus through agriculture, allowing everything else to flourish.

PYRAMIDS were built by an ancient civilisation. There is no fucking way the fucking hunter gathers of the desert in Egypt built the pyramids, or any of the contemporary structures. It is much more likely ancient Egyptians found a lot of that stuff and tried to copy it. Why else would the construction get worse as the time goes on? There are a lot of amazing constructions around the World, and I simply do not believe that a by definition nomadic society, who spent all of its time looking for food (no agriculture) built the pyramids in Africa, C. and S. America, SE AsiaPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Pakistan police arrest dozens of Imran Khan supporters
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked the chief justice of Pakistan to allow him to appear for court proceedings virtually to reduce the risk of any threat to his life, he said in a video message on Monday, as his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party prepared for a rally in Lahore on Wednesday. Supporters of Khan's party, clashed with police in the city of Lahore last week as they attempted to arrest him at his home, and later with police in Islamabad as he arrived to appear before a court on Saturday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-police-arrest-dozens-supporters-former-pm-imran-khan-2023-03-20/

Indian officials cut internet for 27 million people amid search for fugitive
The Punjab government, led by the opposition Aam Admi Party, initially announced a 24-hour ban starting midday Saturday as its security forces launched a sprawling operation to arrest the fugitive Amritpal Singh, then extended the ban Sunday for another 24 hours. Singh, a 30-year-old preacher, has been a popular figure within a separatist movement that seeks to establish a sovereign state in Punjab called Khalistan for followers of the Sikh religion. He rocketed to nationwide notoriety in February after his supporters stormed a police station to free one of his jailed supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/19/india-punjab-intermet-ban-amritpal-singh/
https://archive.ph/T1ogx

Gender Wage gap: Women are Paid Much Less Than Men in Rural and Urban India, Shows NSO Survey
The report states that the market-determined wages for women performing similar work are considerably lower than those of men. Moreover, the gender wage gap has widened in rural areas over the past decade, although it has narrowed in towns, according to a Times of India news report.
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_5rYApA5p_Ty0oqhyMCUywkNqNegscPNeodcgukcVDQ/edit#heading=h.21oxsmyvyk9p

tldr a trans girl got kidnapped, forced to detransition, and get shipped back to saudi arabia, by a bunch of powerful business men, including one who ran as a republican candidate.
this is a nightmare timeline that is only getting worse.(click link at own risk, your google account will be visible)

Karl Marx cherished the Greek myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods and gifted it to humans, enabling them to advance and build civilizations. However, Zeus punished Prometheus for his actions by chaining him to a rock. This story has symbolized humanity's progress or fall, depending on one's perspective. Marx and other radicals viewed Prometheus as a symbol of humanity's liberation from religious limitations and its pursuit of knowledge. They believed that socialism would release humanity from the constraints of capitalism and unlock human creativity.

In today's world, there is a debate within the Left about whether they should embrace the spirit of Prometheus to break free from societal limitations or remain skeptical about human progress and the potential for humanity to transform society. This skepticism stems from the negative consequences of colonialism, Nazism, and Stalinism, which led to a loss of faith in humanity.

Fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 moon landing represented a major Promethean achievement, demonstrating humanity's potential. Currently, tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos lead new space exploration efforts. Critics argue that these projects only benefit a wealthy elite, while others question the need for space exploration altogether.

The Left should advocate for the collective prosperity of humanity by arguing that the cosmos' resources be used for everyone's benefit. Space exploration can lead to new technologies that benefit all. There is no need to choose between improving life on Earth and exploring space, as both can coexist.

The Russian Cosmists believed humanity was destined to conquer the cosmos through innovation and technology. Space exploration should be seen as part of the socialist tradition of using science and reason for the masses' benefit. Humanity has the power to shape its destiny, and by embracing our Promethean potential, we can unlock our full potential as a species.

Today, people are more interconnected and possess greater technical abilities than ever before. The widespread belief that we must live within our means and abandon progressivism may be a dangerous denial of our potential. Both the right and left have their own forms of anti-Prometheanism, which often serves to reinforce existing power structures and demoralize the general public.

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We need to encourage a run on the banks to accelerate the collapse of the American economy. Go.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/nearly-200-banks-could-fail-the-same-way-svb-did-study/

>we’re tired of being subjugated by the soviets
>proceed to overthrow Soviets only to become the Mexicans of Europe
Why are poles like this? How do they always seem to be in their worst interest? Was it really communism that fucked them up or was it blatant Russophobia. Every other Eastern European country regrets the USSR falling except for them and Ukraine (for obvious reasons), yet they’re happy to be paraded as the bitch of the EU and are more than glad to be used as NATO’s foot soldiers. It’s pathetic.(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)