@Enphian Capitalism is an obstacle to solving climate change, a lack of state control and coordination, the personal interests of the private, decision-making owners of the economy and the ideology of the free market make it entirely impossible to even try to confront.
Meanwhile on Chinese TV: "I visited California in the 80s. They were promising high-speed rail. China didn't even have highways."
40 years later, they have built zero. China: biggest high speed rail network.
"The superiority of socialism is clear."
@mnolangray All Latin countries have a certain dangerous and unpredictable neighbor that will commit the most brazen crimes against them at the slightest opportunity and for the smallest possible gain, especially now that it is dying and thrashing in its final years.
@Timstillherelol They literally didn't but they have every right to defend themselves with any level of force they deem necessary because their adversaries are genocidal fascist invaders actively occupying their homeland.
@Aaadi_2@slimygirlholes The USSR had the same ratio of women in the Soviet executive committee in 1929 that the US had in congress in 2016 (~20%), it wasn't perfect but it was about 85 years ahead of America.
the Soviet Union had women cosmonauts and a legion of decorated antifascist war heroines the same year women in Canada were first "allowed" to open bank accounts without their husbands' written permission.
american "respect the troops" culture is INSANE to me because here in romania I have never talked to anyone, including rightists, who didn't think the army was a bunch of prasites doing nothing of value for the average person
@SlimyFellow@marx2thamax Every person that consciously volunteers to keep Korea split, to murder Iranian schoolgirls, to turn South American fishermen into chum is fighting against mankind. Someone like that would have to work hard indeed to make it up to the international proletariat.
@SlimyFellow@marx2thamax There are 25 million millionaires, 16 million veterans, who cares about them? We should treat them as marginal and inherently dangerous people who have to earn society's forgiveness on their own, not be treated like victimized babies.