• Declassified CIA report: Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership. The western idea of a dictator within the communist setup is exaggerated. Misunderstandings on that subject are caused by lack of comprehension of the real nature and organization of the Communist power structure. Stalin, although holding wide powers, was merely the captain of a team and it seems obvious that Khrushchev will be the new captain.
• Debunking: “Communism killed more people than naziism!”
• Second Thought: We Need To Talk About “Authoritarianism”

First of all that’s not true, and second of all most of them were Nazis.

We have liberated them, and they will never forgive us for that. — Georgy Zhukov

Old dudes won’t allow getting rid of tipping culture because that would make them sad.

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structural 8.5x11 printer paper.

Load-bearing letter.

He was with me on a wilderness camping trip the whole time.

You can get any length you want if you shove enough microplastics in there.

P = NP

Maybe define your terms, “bourgeoisie” and “middle class”, and explain where you’re getting these definitions from.

• https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie
• https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Middle_class_(disambiguation)

The term “middle class” has been so hopelessly redefined in so many disparate ways that it’s best to avoid using it altogether. All it does is muddy the conversation.

I think you might be confused about what conversation is going on here.

Yeah, I was answering the question asked of me.

I don’t know, what? And you think you’re being very clever with your alt account, maybe?

Don’t mention jury nullification at all. Don’t even hint at it, not even with your fellow jurors. You will be replaced by an alternate juror if the judge gets a whiff of this.

The path to nullification may be a lonely and socially painful one in the deliberation room, and may result in a hung jury. You may have to stubbornly refuse to convict, against the pleading & cajoling of your eleven peers, and do it without revealing your true motive of nullification.

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I think you’re reading more bloodlust in this outpouring of catharsis & outrage than is actually there. People are expressing righteous anger, not murderous intent.

There are anti-Zionist Israelis, but they are very much in the minority. It’s dangerous to be vocal about it.

The great majority of adult Israelis are militant settler-colonizers and Palestinians have the legal right under UN law to struggle against their occupiers by any means necessary, including armed struggle and Israel, as an occupier, has no right to “self defense.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism_as_settler_colonialism

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IMO shooting CEOs will just bring more repression and give an authoritarian government a sens of legitimacy

I agree. That’s what I said on Wednesday: https://lemmy.ml/post/23216334/15339156

<davel> As cathartic as it may be, assassinating CEOs will do nothing but embiggen the police state.

<xxxxx> So centrist of you.

<davel> This is not coming from a centrist position: https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Adventurism

Every collecting hobby is definitionally a hoarding hobby.