terrific

They should just remove the numbering. It’s less maintenance, and it’s not that important anyway, is it?

Using phrasing such as “necessarily implies” is exactly what makes me call your conversation style “lecturing”.

Is it normal to talk like this in your circles? In my culture it’s a certain way to antagonize anyone who doesn’t already agree with you.

It’s a fair point. Your assessment is missing one crucial piece of context: my last conversation with CowBee. It was really quite painful and I’m just not in the mood for another treatment.

I’m sorry if I’m dismissive but I gotta tell you, last time we talked felt an awful lot like being lectured. You didn’t really engage with anything I said but rather regurgitated endless theories and facts.

And you are a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist, is that not true? Subscribing to a particular narrative is IMO exactly what “dogmatic” means. I’m not saying it’s wrong, it’s truer than most dogmas. But still a dogma.

Oh it’s you again. Last time we talked you lectured me about imperialism. I’m not really interested in a lecture today, or any day. We can have a conversation if you want, but I’m not going to subscribe to your dogma.

Americans think that the US is the centre of the universe 🙄

One can hope. The UK is a few revolutions behind.

I would much rather send my children off to a school run by the CCP than one run by the bastard elite that has been sucking the UK dry for centuries. They are run with a Machiavellian philosophy that generates ruthless, lonely psychopaths.

I also absolutely hate everything Thatcher did, but I think most British private schools were private long before she selling off Britain’s assets.

Britain has been an oligarchy/kleptocracy for centuries. And like all such systems it’s vulnerable to takeover from very big fish.

Man I hope the EU is going to wake up to software sovereignty soon.

Stuff is moving in the right direction in some places on the local level, but I would love to see a blanket ban on foreign subscription services for safety critical sectors.

Honestly, ban the use of proprietary software in any public, tax-funded organisation.

Anti-communism is a fancy name for fascism.

I think the greatest concession made was that von der Leyen allowed Trump to frame this as a great victory for him. He has a fragile ego and always needs to look good. She is a much more diplomatic politician and allowed him to appear victorious. But the actual, realistic concessions are pretty limited.

I thought this was a pretty convincing argument why it’s not as bad for Europe as it looks https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sundown-on-the-potemkin-empire-trumps