I’m not necessarily agreeing with the head chopping part on a general basis, but consider this:

If you become wealthy (which is a nebulous term, but w/e) in this system you automatically gain power over the life of other people, while you yourself break free from being forced into laboring for others. You are not going to spend it all on consumables, so you will likely use it to pay other people to do stuff for you, that you either can’t be bothered to do yourself or are not skilled to do yourself. So you’ll be able to live off of the labor of others, less fortunate. You are extracting value from them, maybe even creating some kind of dependency through the power imbalance.

TL;DR: Share your wealth or get fucked, parasite ;)

(and no, extracting value for your personal benefit is not sharing)

E: So, it’s more of: do you have the means to free yourself from labor, while at the same time you exploit the people that don’t have that freedom, then your wealth becomes a problem and through your wealth you do become a problem for the working class.

You‘re such a tool. So, how would you describe your lemmy post (and comment) efforts over the whole existence of this account? Looking at it a bit closer, one could come to the conclusion, that you are paid and supported by NATO-adjacent interests. Because it‘s literally all you do, all day, everyday, posting agitating stuff against the two big adversaries of the west. That‘s a really narrow window of interest. Are you and hotzplotzn best buds? Disgusting. Ever considered doing something with your life, that actually helps humanity progress and flourish, instead of propagating war efforts and manufacturing consent?

He designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations through executive order on his inauguration day and also invoked the Alien Enemies Act. So ya, that actually was on the table since January.

Clip of his inauguration speech

Executive order: Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

Alien Enemies Act of 1798

Sure alright, I got heated by your sad apathy. Explain the “Disingenuous” part, tho. What’s disingenuous about what I said?

Oh, suddenly you don’t care? The only thing, that doesn’t make sense then, is you commenting at all. Curiously you do, tho — with vibes-based political commentary. If you’re really so apathetic, may I suggest to you to stfu.

What I got from your form of verbal maneuvering (lol), tho, is that you are not only apathetic, but also ignorant.

That’s all very vague. Be more explicit. Many argue many things.

What is the ideology you’re hinting at? Communism? What is the body count of communism? Where do you think you’ve got that that narrative from?

To round out the picture, and because body count seems so decisive, we should include capitalism, right — as fascism, many argue, is a neccessary consequence of imperial capitalism protecting itself in crisis and it’s our current economic ideology and therefore an ongoing, systematic phenomenon?

What’s the body count of capitalism?

Many would argue we currently live by an ideology with a body count of double digit millions of excess deaths annually, through poverty & hunger, healthcare inequality, workplace deaths & diseases, environmental & climate deaths, structural violence, and of course war & imperial violence.

Not the same thing. Equating the far left and the far right is nonsensical, as horseshoe theory isn’t a real thing. Giving room for such thought only strengthens extreme right positions and is exclusively used to either distract from or downplay far right commentary or elevate liberal/centrist thought as the only acceptable path. It’s interestingly never used by people from the far left themselves.

Your’s either an ignorant take or one with an agenda, which is it?

The main difference is that fascism and racism are fundamentally destructive ideologies/traits, while tankie is just a derogatory term for folks on the far left used by people that think extreme left and extreme right are the same kind if evil. It’s a display of arrogant ignorance, congratulations.

So you remain with the use of the term illegal for human beings, gotcha.

I‘m sure you know that‘s a dumb comparison. And since you felt the need to post it, you likely agree with letting people die in the mediterranean sea. And since you felt the need to defend that, you likely are an ignorant racist. Are you?

You are. You are the loser.

Democratic centralism is a Leninist organisational principle of most communist parties, in which decisions are made by a process of vigorous and open debate amongst party membership, and action is subsequently binding upon all members of the party.

Democratic centralism

The organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is based upon the Leninist concept of democratic centralism.

Organization of the Chinese Communist Party

This propagandist is even copy and pasting the same NATO glazing on this reported event now, although it‘s off-topic.

Yo, hotzplotzn, ever thought about doing something good for humanity with your life? Maybe a job that‘s not agitating against perceived western adversaries? Maybe something that‘s not furthering the division of society or the aspired militarization of western nations?

are you a sex pest, too? or why do you feel the need to be that guy in this very situation?

The choice is not between defence or welfare. Europe can afford both, and must.

Now that‘s cute, two professors advocating for the importance of social programs. I mean, in their frame of reference they are right. You know what‘s the problem? That this isn‘t reality. It‘s wishful thinking, it‘s a plea to the men in power. In reality social programs are being dismantled. But you know the trend, stop being so dishonest.

You fail to make a point.

On the other hand, (…) leave Europe with no choice other than defend itself.

For one, the post has nothing to do with Russia or NATO, it‘s not mentioned or hinted at in the article. You are the one screeching about Russia in an attempt to justify and whitewash western militarization every chance you get.

Then, you know, I know, we know, that there‘s an absolutely valid geopolitical analysis, that the West is the actual aggressor here (and almost everwhere else). And I mean actual, material analysis, not that kind of dumb fuck mass spamming of hate towards others, be it China or Russia, that you do all day … by chance exclusively the two nations directly opposed to western hegemony.

So, not sure how misleading my remarks are, especially in direct comparison with what you are doing all day long. I have a bias, true. So do you. Or are you telling us, that you are spewing objective truth? Because I am not favoring Russia‘s takes, I‘m not denying bad stuff that‘s being done, but I do oppose the Western narrative. You do favor the Western narrative and take every opportunity to post something malign about Russia or China, doesn‘t matter if true or not. So in that, I might even be less biased, than you are. Wouldn‘t you agree?

Btw, do you get paid for this kind of social media engagement? I mean, it‘s literally all you do, spamming western propaganda. Because if you don’t, then IMO your posting behaviour indicates, that you probably should go outside, touch some grass. Or at least expand your political horizons a bit in order to not be so overtly …

… misleading and biased.

Oh my, really? That is noteworthy! Almost a third! Then we should immediately start spending 5 % of our GDP on the global north‘s military industrial complex in order to make all these super cool things (non-traditional, yet still further militarization) you mentioned possible, too!

In Germany for example, that‘s only about 48 % of the whole federal budget. Absolutely the right thing to focus on, making sure capital can do capitalist things without being interfered with by mere peasants and further expand their imperial aspirations.

Fuck social programs, fuck infrastructure, fuck climate, fuck migrants, fuck accountability for the rich. We need to make sure, that profits are being made, in this case likely for the already richest man in the world. Cool cool.

It‘s so good to have your back, when it comes to propaganda gaining the right mindset, thanks! An honest, principled defender of what‘s good and what‘s right in this horrible world, riddled by evil adversaries against our cause!

So, for someone like you — with your existence‘s sole focus on posting only explicit anti-China or anti-Russia content, and often of questionable quality — what exactly do you mean, when you call someone a ‚tankie‘? Where in this post is that full force and what did this force do? Do you only use the word as a smear against unaligned voices or critics? How do you describe your role in this community — western propagandist? Or is that too upfront?

Just a reminder, that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty are in fact US-funded, state owned media outlets.

Explain why, tho. You have a chance to do that by engaging with their arguments.

Typical leftist not understanding what winning looks like.

it is really bloody stupid to claim that it is “worse then nothing”

Not sure where to go from here, as you frame your whole comment like that and through that deconstruct any veneer of seriousness you thought you might have.

Nothing of what I said is untrue and I also assured you, that I understand your angle and laid out reasons for why I disagree with your conclusion.

But your reaction is repeating your point, ignoring the arguments laid out and adding a bit of ridicule. Really, fabulous substance.

I even agree with you, that what you proclaim as a win has a small potential to end up having a positive effect in some fictional future.

What I‘m saying is that using that possibility as foundation to call that a win (for whom, anyway? Surely not for the Palestinians) or to feel some kind of relief, because it emits that appearance that yes, finally, something has been done, is naive.

Although, with candidates like you, I also have to wonder, if it‘s really naivety or rather malice.

There is no working mechanism to hold any lying politician accountable through the nature of them having used the morally bad thing called „lie“. It really does not matter if Merz lies. Merz is a deeply insincere person, anyway, always was. How „really fucking stupid“ is it, to think that his dishonesty is a „win“, sorely because of the mere possibility, that he could end up looking like a liar. lol.

If Merz actually stopped anything, then you would have a case. What happened until now, is political maneuvering to appease the critical populus. It‘s cute that you feel like that‘s a win, I‘m saddened by your ignorance to actually call this a win.

But winning seems to be a very important aspect of your inner workings, so w/e. Have a good day.