/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

I dont think kims crime division generates nearly enough money for it having immunity and access to a captive population of intelligent koreans. They should be generating way more than just 6 billion. They could be doing things such as making ships pay protection money idk.
To put it into perspective the cartel makes 50 billion a year.

I've noticed a lot of concerning patterns in regards to the direct parallels between the Fascist movements of Europe and that of Burma that are in conjunction with the Tatmadaw. The reason first and foremost being that of ideological similarity between the two movements, typically when you look at specifically European fascist they often center on race and a complete unassailable focus on the state sidelining things like religion, the true form of culture inherited from respective nation but it has never, and I mean never focused on religion.

This is until the rise of the 969 movement which although fully formed as a cultural and political movement in the 2010s[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/969_Movement]. With said movement going back to the main leader joining the 969 movement in 2001[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/969_Movement]. Their main emphasis and messaging being on the protection of Burmese/Buddhist culture and the majority race of Myanmar from Muslims. Which sounds scathingly similar to the messaging utilized by the European far-right as of current which is a complete branching out compared to older and less contemporary far-right European movements which often, as I've stated have a total or near focus on race.

The 969 movement also happens to utilize the same methods of transmission utilized by the European far-right, being through social media in the form of Facebook, symbolism through flags or esoteric symbols or dog whistles such as "969". But none of these tactics were seen in the 21st century European far-right until they were utilized by the Burmese far-right which shows greater support for the potentiality of collaboration or at least implicit admiration occuring from the European far-right towards the Burmese far-right as the 969 movement had been the ones who pioneered this much earlier. This is then also supported by how European far-right activity even in the 2010s were relatively limited with the only center of these exact methods/tactics being solely from Burma. These said propaganda tactics firstly started with the propagation of Wirathu's messaging the the 2000s form of propaganda in the form of CDs [Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

>Step in power
>Prove socialism works
>Create a perfect country
>The west gets so pissed they send your best friend to kill you
>To this day western liberal media and fascists don't dare to mention you because you were right about absolutely everything and doing so would expose their retarded ideology
I love this man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGLzWdT7vGc
I am nowhere nearly as intelligent as DFW but I can feel and relate to him so much on an emotional level. His mannerisms, the way he seems to cringe at his own thoughts, the way he tries to gauge the room for others opinions or thoughts. I go throughout my life in an almost constant state of discomfort. I can be talking to someone and working, carrying on a full conversation, but I’m my head I am in a totally different space.

>Be lifelong communist
>Get into power after decades of struggle
>Refutate syndicalist movements [1]
>Adopt proletarian internationalism (Spend most of your term travelling abroad)
>Implement organic centralism [2]
>Abolish the contrast between country and city [3]
>Virtually abolish the wage system [4]
>Wither away the socialist state [5]
>Be Nicolae Ceaușescu
>Picture unrelated

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov_rebellion [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Theses [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_rural_systematization_program [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_austerity_policy_in_Romania [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_revolution

How far back did he send American leftist movements? Before him Jimmy Carter was talking about more programs, working with the USSR and socialism lite equivalents. Then Ronald Regan comes in, introduces crack, reignites the red scare and perma fucks all relationships with leftist ideology. To the point where the Democrats regressed hard and socialism would be a dirty word until the 2020s. Even then it’s still only used by the most radical mainstream politics.

At no point when the bourgeois and their institutions are strong have the proletariat ever been able to even threaten them let alone overthrow the government in a revolution. This only happens in colonial and feudal backwaters, what this means is Marx and every other revolutionary socialist is wrong about the proletariat being the revolutionary subject, or there even being a revolutionary subject at all.

https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/skeqnl08wg

Members of Kibbutz Hanita are suing the Chinese-controlled Ballet Vision fund for refusing to buy their remaining stake in an intraocular lens plant, citing losses and what it says is a Chinese government ban on new investments in Israel since the war

Members of Kibbutz Hanita near Israel’s northern border are demanding $11 million from Ballet Vision, the Chinese fund that controls 80% of the Hanita Lenses plant, accusing it of refusing to exercise an option to purchase the kibbutz’s remaining shares, according to a lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv District Court.

In a response letter attached to the lawsuit, the Chinese fund said that since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country, making it impossible to carry out the option.

“Since the outbreak of the fighting in Israel, the Chinese government has classified Israel as a high-risk zone (red category) and prohibited any new Chinese investment in the country,” the fund wrote. “As long as this restriction remains in place, there is no practical operational ability to exercise the option.”

According to the lawsuit, in 2021 the kibbutz sold 74% of Hanita Lenses, which manufactures intraocular lenses for medical use, to Ballet Vision for $35 million. Of that sum, $25 million was paid to kibbutz members, with an additional $10 million injected into the company.
As part of the agreements, the Chinese fund granted the remaining minority shareholders an option to require it to purchase their remaining shares for about $9.5 million, now valued at roughly $11 million, by early December 2025.

The kibbutz claims that its stake was further diluted in two subsequent agreements in 2022, leaving the Chinese fund with about 80% ownership. One dilution followed a $7 million additional investment, while another was tied to a future $8 million investment that has not yet been carried out.
In December, the kibbutz notified the fund of its intention to exercise the option. The lawsuit says the funds are urgently needed due to the war. Hanita, located close to the border, has endured two extremely difficult years, and the money is required for rehabilitation, particularly for older members.
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US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse
A "multitude" of intelligence reports provide "consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger" of collapse and "retains control of the Iranian public," said one of the sources, all of whom were granted anonymity to discuss US intelligence findings.
https://www.newarab.com/news/us-intelligence-says-iran-government-not-risk-collapse

Base hosting UK troops in Iraq hit by Iranian drones
It marks the third successful strike against British forces since war began nearly two weeks ago. An unknown number of one-way attack bombs eluded air defences at the base, lightly wounding US troops stationed there. Brigadier Guy Foden, assistant chief of staff for operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), said: "Erbil and Baghdad were both struck a number of times last night with increasing coordination.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-base-iraq-hit-iranian-drones

Israeli military drop charges against soldiers charged with abusing Palestinian prisoner
A leaked video of the abuse was aired last year by Israel’s Channel 12, apparently showing an incident in which the soldiers sodomised the Palestinian detainee from Gaza with a knife. He was seriously injured and required surgery. Israel’s arrest of the soldiers in 2024 prompted fury from ultranationalists, who violently overran the Sde Teiman prison facility in protest.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/israeli-military-drop-charges-against-soldiers-charged-abusing-palestinian-prisoner

Veteran Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim dies aged 75
For years, Muslim led the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Syria's most powerful Kurdish party. The PYD in a statement mourned Muslim "who devoted his life to serving his people's cause and defending their legitimate rights".
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spaceflight doesn't seem very popular among leftists recently. what does /leftypol/ think about it? are the moon and mars just playthings for billionaires? will china do anything differently? is socialist thought relevant to future lives beyond earth or is it all just a scifi obsession?