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[jack 📚 @jamesbldwinstan]

he’s not even crazy this is just liberalism taken to its fullest extent: state intervention to improve social stability and wellbeing must be characterized as authoritarian and evil because it is the antithesis of “free market” exploitation

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is an absolutely extraordinary series of tweets by Adrian Zenz, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation employee at the origin of the "Uyghur forced labor" allegations.

He responds to the results of the audit Volkswagen commissioned independent German auditing firm Loening to perform at its Xinjiang site, where they checked the contracts and salary payments of all 197 employees, as well as conducted 40 interviews. They found "no sign of forced labor" and were "unable to identify any special security measures"(https://t.co/KCpeYJthGe)

So Mr Zenz's challenge is "how do I square this circle?"... And he chooses to do so in the most extraordinary way, by basically arguing that employers in Xinjiang just cannot ascertain whether they have forced labor in their ranks. They can't because "workers in Xinjiang's forced labor systems have contracts [meaning they can resign], and a number of them earn a decent wage". So even though you pay your workers well and put them on flexible work contracts, it means nothing. According to Zenz you can't even ask your employees about it because it's "profoundly unethical to attempt to interview Uyghurs in Xinjiang".

Which is an extraordinarily convenient answer to all these companies finding no trace of forced labor in Xinjiang (Volkswagen wasn't the only one, numerous other companies performed audits which yielded no result, like Sketchers: https://t.co/UMBBChJhej). Basically: "you find no trace of forced labor because it's impossible for you know" 🤷

So what does "forced labor" mean if the people concerned earn decent wage and are on normal employment contracts?

According to Mr Zenz it means "social stability through full Uyghur employment and having them work in settings that can be much better controlled by the state". Which is achieved through "social mobilization, recruitment, training and transfer". Which is simply absolutely unreal a definition for forced labor. Which state doesn't want social stability and full employment? Which states doesn't organize job-related training and recruitment programs to achieve this? And how does that even remotely constitute forced labor? As for people "working in settings that can be much better controlled by the state", what does that even mean if the people work for private companies like Volkswagen with decent wages and normal employment contracts, and in a work setting where the employer itself is unable to identify any trace of forced labor? It's meaningless.

And what's the corollary? That to be satisfied there's no forced labor in Xinjiang one would need to see social instability, mass unemployment, and a society where the state has lost control? It's ridiculous. This all goes to show just how insanely flawed this whole narrative is.

The most laughable part is his conclusion: "the only ethical choice is full withdrawal". Looks like he indeed wants to see mass unemployment in Xinjiang... Bear in mind the guy works for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, an American anti-communist propaganda shop founded by an act of Congress. So no doubt he'd love to see instability and suffering in China, because that'd prove "communism doesn't work". In the meantime, he's forced to keep trying to square his circles. Maybe the only instance of forced labor we have in this whole story is him.

[Reggie Saxx @ReggiSaxx]

Assault rifles drawn and maiming dogs at the ready for two fifteen year olds with water guns. But when there’s an actual shooter these pussies wait until 40 children are dead and the shooter offs themselves. The absolute worst mutant beasts on the planet.

[Kathleen Tyson @Kathleen_Tyson_]

This is brilliant and should be studied by central bankers everywhere! Peoples Bank of China was the first to deflate a massive, leveraged housing bubble without a single quarter of economic contraction or loss of growth momentum in the real economy.
A success for the history books.

[Charles🇨🇺🇵🇸 @kksikmemakinesi]

"HATE FOR ISRAEL IS ROOTED IN COMMUNISM"

[林 Linnamon @_linnamon_]

Died for fucking pedophilia and serfdom.. What a waste of life. Trusting western propaganda is fatal

[jack 📚 @jamesbldwinstan]

@bennythehorizon i did this and got yae at three pity now i have to build her 🙃

[dubsea @dubseatv]

Seattle Dogs have Officially Been Recognized as the Best Regional Hot Dog in the United States 🏆🌭

The iconic late-night snack has officially been crowned America’s Best Regional Hot Dog after winning a taste test by The New York Times’ Wirecutter, beating legendary styles from Chicago, New York, Cincinnati, and more.

The city’s signature combination of a beef hot dog, cream cheese, grilled onions, and jalapeños impressed the judges, including world renowned chef José Andrés, who praised how the cream cheese brings all of the flavors together.

Do you think the Seattle Dog is the best in the country⁉️👀 #DUBSEA

[ryn @mcschiba]

im ctfuuu 😭😭

[jack 📚 @jamesbldwinstan]

hinge

[billu targeryan @queerbilla]

guys is there a dating app for the ugly gays

[jack 📚 @jamesbldwinstan]

#onweer amsterdam rn finally 😍😍

[gus 🏹 @peclerc16]

as atrocidades que devem fazer com esse loiro no vestiário

[jack 📚 @jamesbldwinstan]

nowhere like it

[mikayla @blodgrevinnen]

the pacific northwest saved my life

[魔女 サブリナ @olruruggio]

“Quando avevo la tua età ero già sposata con un figlio” quando tu avevi la mia età non dovevi farmare gli artifacts su genshin impact

[Seth Harp @sethharpesq]

Death threats against me. A subpoena from Congress. Interviews cancelled and censored. A source indicted. Witnesses killed. Read the book that the corrupt national security state and criminal actors within it have fought tooth and nail to suppress. Now available in paperback.

[Maitreya Bhakal @MaitreyaBhakal]

Just so everyone is clear, the gripe here is that China is destroying the profits of the western bourgeoisie, because they are forced to make their products cheaper to compete with Chinese competitors.

This is the central argument of 100% of all western economic analysis of China. The more affordable China's products, the more it destroys their monopolies and their profit margins.

As always, the purpose of such propagandists, as well as their "elected" governments, is to make the interests of the bourgeoisie appear like the national interests of their respective countries. It's the first rule of bourgeois economics: What's good for the bourgeoisie is good for the proletariat.

[jack 📚 @jamesbldwinstan]

@Beys_Knees @BeysIndustry @TIDAL did we ever find out where beysindustry went or who he was

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Details on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

• Cost ~$1B to build

• Co-founded by George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson

• Entire campus is 11 acres

• Has ~700 trees

• Holds more than 40K works

• Has a life-size Naboo starfighter

• Has rare manga and comics including DC & Marvel

• 2 theaters

• 35 galleries

• 6x Oscar-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel worked on the lighting

• Been in development for over a decade

• Opening to the public on September 22

“This is a museum of the people’s art—the images are illustrations of beliefs we live with every day. For that reason, this art belongs to everyone" — Mellody Hobson

📷 @voguemagazine

[Canuck @CanuckIsSoBack]

I have never once seen society improve

Things have only ever gotten worse for the duration of my entire life

[Jelmer de Boer @jelmerdeboer]

zieke cuckstoel situatie

[jack 📚 @jamesbldwinstan]

what about all three?

[L ✨ @oettinguin]

what are we even supposed to do during our mid twenties? grad school? move to europe? have casual sex? no im serious like what now